Shams 1 Corporate Video. Shams solar power station. Shams solar power station (شمس /šams/ meaning "Sun" in Arabic) is a concentrating solar power station near Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
The solar power station is located approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of Abu Dhabi and 6 kilometres (4 mi) from Madinat Zayed on the road from Tarif to the Liwa Oasis.[2] It became operational on 17 March 2013.[1] The first part, Shams 1, uses parabolic trough technology and has a capacity of 100 megawatts (MW), which makes it among the largest parabolic trough power stations in the world.[3] Shams 1 has been commissioned in early 2013 and will be followed by Shams 2 and Shams 3 stations.[1][4] Description[edit] Parabolic trough Shams 1 is a 100 MW concentrating solar power station which uses parabolic trough technology.
The basic and detailed engineering have been developed by AG Ingeniería. Technical specifications[edit] Developer[edit] Financing[edit] References[edit] About Us — Shams Power Company. Worlds Largest Solar Plant Goes Online. Think about energy development in the Middle East, and you'll probably think of oil.
But the petroleum-rich region is also home to the world's largest solar power facility, which started producing electricity this month. The Shams 1 solar plant outside Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates will produce 100 megawatts of electricity at full capacity, according to Bloomberg News. That's enough energy to electrify 20,000 homes, according to a news release from the Shams Power Company, and could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 175,000 tons each year — roughly the equivalent of taking 35,000 cars off the road, according to EPA emission estimates. Factsheets — Shams Power Company. World's largest concentrated solar power station (100 MW) begins operations in Abu Dhabi.
More photons, less carbon The United Arab Emirates (UAE) are best known for oil and gas, but the region is also home to interesting developments in renewable energy.
Shams Power Company. Masdar sets sights on Saudi solar market. Masdar is bidding for a slice of Saudi Arabia's burgeoning solar market after opening the 100 megawatt Shams-1 plant in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
The company is seeking to capitalise on an emerging market as regional oil-exporting economies seek to boost their renewable energy output. "In the near future we will be announcing projects in the Middle East and North Africa region," said Sultan Al Jaber, the chief executive of Masdar, Mubadala's clean energy unit. Total, Abengoa See Mideast Solar Boom as Largest Generator Opens. Total SA (FP) and Abengoa SA (ABG), the European energy producers behind the Middle East’s largest concentrated-solar plant, intend to expand further in the region as governments promote renewables to free up oil for export.
The execution of solar programs in the Middle East would bring “thousands of megawatts and billions of dollars in investment,” Santiago Seage, the head of Abengoa’s solar unit, said at yesterday’s inauguration of the plant in Abu Dhabi. The unit plans to bid on more projects in the region, he said. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa are developing renewables to meet the growing energy demands of burgeoning populations and economies. Adding clean-power generators may help oil-rich nations in the region to conserve more of their crude and gas for export, reducing their use of the fuels to generate power that’s sold at subsidized prices.
Massive Concentrating Solar Plant Coming Online in Abu Dhabi. This is an archived story.
The information and any links may no longer be accurate. A 100 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar plant (CSP) under construction in Abu Dhabi is the first of its kind in the Middle East and one of the biggest in the world. The Shams 1 facility, which covers 617 acres near Abu Dhabi, is scheduled to connect to the grid before the end of March. Because it is a parabolic trough design, it requires less land than other CSP technologies. 768 parabolic trough collectors with 258,000 mirrors track the sun throughout the day and concentrate its energy on tubes that carry a heat transfer fluid, heating it to 400 degrees Celsius. Massive Solar Power Plant Opens In Abu Dhabi. One of the world's largest solar power plants opened this weekend in the oil-rich city of Abu Dhabi.
The 100-megawatt plant, called Shams 1, is a first step in a plan to make seven percent of Abu Dhabi's energy resources renewable, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, head of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, said during a news conference. Abu Dhabi is part of the United Arab Emirates, which are famed for their oil wealth. The emirates rank 13th in the world for per capita GDP, a standing driven mostly by their oil exports. The new plant includes a huge field of parabolic mirrors located in the desert about 74 miles (120 kilometers) south of Abu Dhabi. Shams 1 will serve 20,000 homes and cost an estimated $600 million to build, the BBC reported. Shams 1 is a concentrated solar energy plant, which means its technology is a little different from the flat, black photovoltaic panels you might have seen on people's roofs. Largest concentrated solar power plant opens in Abu Dhabi.
Largest Solar Power Plant In World Nears Completion In Abu Dhabi. Clean Power Published on November 25th, 2012 | by James Ayre The largest single-unit solar power plant in the world is expected to be completed by the end of 2012 and officially open in the first quarter of 2013, solar power giant Masdar has announced.
Shams 1 will have a generation capacity of over 100 MW of power, and was built with the stated purpose of providing 20,000 homes in the region with electricity. The project will be followed shortly thereafter by Shams 2 & 3, which are planned to generate similar levels of electricity. Milestone: Shams 1 set to tap solar power. Emirati Eminences Turn Out for World's (Sort Of) Biggest Concentrated Solar Plant Inauguration. A solar plant "inauguration" is an inherently undramatic event.
Steam does not begin to rise from a cooling tower, water does not flow through the bottom of a dam, a majestic turbine does not begin to spin. The sun, shining down on the desert, doesn't much care that some of its photons are now being used to generate electricity in one of the most oil-rich nations on earth. That lack of built-in drama, though, certainly didn't stop the United Arab Emirates from trying. Shams 1, which has actually been producing some power to the grid since January, was officially ramped up to its full capacity of 100 MW on Sunday.