Operating the world's largest solar power plant

In an effort to promote the use of clean fuels to protect the Earth from the negative impacts of climate change, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on March 17 officially operated the power plant. The largest sun in the world, named Shams 1.

During the inauguration ceremony, the chairman of the UAE Masdar Group, Sultan al-Jaber, said that with a total budget of $ 600 million, the plant could supply 20,000 households.

According to Santiago Seage, CEO of Abengoa Solar Company - one of the partners participating in this project, the Shams 1 plant has a capacity of 100MW and is currently the world's largest solar power plant. whether to produce electricity.

Sham 1 solar power plant

The factory is also referred to as a "Sun park" that includes a large system of parabolic mirrors installed on a giant area of ​​285 football fields combined.

The factory was started from July 2010 in the Western Region desert, about 120km southwest of the capital Abu Dhabi.

Participating in this project, in addition to Masdar Group (which owns 60% of the shares), there is also Total Group of France (20%) and Abengoa Solar of Spain (accounting for the remaining 20%).

Despite being a country with huge oil reserves, the UAE still aims to 2020, renewable energy will provide 7% of the country's electricity demand.

Currently, solar power plants around the world mainly use photovoltaic technology to produce electricity.

With a capacity of 100MW, the Shams 1 plant accounts for 10% of the world's total solar energy output.