Carbon

Carbon emissions increased in the last 30 years especially in the Middle East and North Africa. Carbon emission is created by the people who are using fuel to produce electricity and power their cars or using energy.

There are many levels of carbon emission especially in the Middle East and North Africa. It also depends on how developed oil-rich countries are because it is related to industrial output more than the other poor countries. There is an estimation that the Arabian Gulf countries are on top of the list globally because of the inefficiency in the other countries.

The environment agency-Abu Dhabi has launched a project to analyze the Emirates’ emissions so the government can develop strategies and build areas that absorbs gases and monitors the level of emissions.

Solar Energy Plant

Gemasolar is a solar plant which is a joint venture by Masdar of Abu Dhabi and the Spanish engineering Company Sener. The idea behind this plant is to produce heat energy from the sun by using mirrors.

The mirrors reflect the sun rays and heat salt which becomes liquid and transfer the heat to the receiver technology. So the salt is pumped to the tower from storage tank to power up a steam turbine to produce electricity.

Produce around 110 gigawatt per hour. It is scheduled to heat thousands of homes. So the challenge is to maximize the plant output and storage the energy from the sun for use when needed.

The mirrors are very big so they have a control room to keep them following the sun.

The plant is state of the art and very exciting for the future of the green energy.

The science behind Masdar's Spanish solar solution - The National. (n.d.). Latest and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved February 20, 2012, fromhttp://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/the-science-behind-masdars-spanish-solar-solution

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