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MASDAR CITY

Project: Sham 1

Table of Contents

Introduction to Masdar City

• What is Masdar City?

• Location of Masdar City.

• Quick Facts on Masdar City.

• Masdar City’s future Aims and goals.

• Masdar City project: Sham 1

• How does Sham 1 work?

• Achievements of the Sham 1 project.

• Conclusion.

• Video.

• Resources.

Masdar city began in 2006 and is the first global tech cluster to be located in one of the most sustainable cities in the world.

In the heart of Masdar City, we can find the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

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How does the Sham 1 work?

Masdar City’s future Aims and goals

Resources

  • Masdar city wishes to acquire a zero-carbon city in the UAE desert.
  • The city’s drive is build a home to numerous companies, from big multinationals to start ups and the most cutting-edge technology firms, bringing these businesses close to profit in the fast growing markets of the Middle East North Africa and Asia.

Shams 1 uses rows of parabolic shaped mirrors (768).

1) The parabolic shaped mirrors concentrate sunlight onto a central tube where a special oil, called heat transfer fluid, is heated (393 degrees) .

2) The heat transfer Fluid circulates in the tubes until it reaches a heat exchanger. Here water is turned into steam.

3) This steam then passes through a gas powered heater that superheats the steam (540 degrees ).

Achievements of Masdar City

  • Masdar City has achieved credibility and provides almost all the amenities one would expect from a world-class city.
  • They have managed to acquire the most efficient, state-of-the-art supplies and sustainable buildings, facilities, and centers.
  • One of their most successful achievements so far is their abandonement of public transportation to create the transportation of the future. Here is a short video:

Masdar partnered with Total and Abengoa to deliver the 100-megawatt solar - thermal project by 2013.

The project took about 3 years to build and costed $600 million.

Covering an area of 2.5 km square, or 285 football fields, Shams 1 generates electricity to power 20,000 homes in the UAE. It’s results show Abu Dhabi’s great commitment to clean energy.

Homes

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/16/masdars-zero-carbon-dream-could-become-worlds-first-green-ghost-town

http://shamspower.ae/en/about-us/partners/

http://www.masdar.ae/assets/downloads/content/230/shams.pdf

http://www.masdar.ae/en/energy/detail/shams-1

Logo's of the Companies who had a partnership with Masdar

http://abu-dhabi-metro.com/featured/masdar-city-abandons-public-transportation-system-of-the-future

http://www.masdarcityfreezone.com/why-masdar/benefits

http://www.uaefreezones.com/fz_masdar.html

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/masdar-city-role-model-for-a-sustainable-future

Inside view of Masdar City

Sham 1

In relation to business, Masdar City provides firms with an environment that inspires innovation and improvement, offers business development opportunities such as a living lab, and test bed for new machineries, encourages widespread of knowledge shared among likeminded professionals and serves as a magnet for world-class talent.

Achievements of the Sham 1 project

Quick Facts about Masdar City

  • It was founded in 2006.
  • Masdar is a subsidiary of the Mubadala Development Company.
  • The city has $15 billion commitment by the Abu Dhabi government.
  • Masdar has nearly 1.5 gigawatt of clean energy capacity deployed or under development globally.
  • It is currently contributing to Abu Dhabi’s target of 7% renewable energy capacity by 2020.

Masdar City contains several ongoing and furture projects and one of their most successful and effective project is the “Sham 1.”

On the 17th of March 2013, Masdar – Abu Dhabi’s renewable-energy company – together with its partners, Total and Abengoa, finally announced its successful project: ‘Shams 1’, one of the world’s largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in operation.

Shams1 is a CSP plant that is the largest in the world right now installed with 100 megawatts capacity.

• 11 million man hours without any major accidents.

• 200 million gallons of water saved due to the use of air cooled condenser a critical advantage in the desert of Abu Dhabi.

• power generation for 200000 homes.

• Shams 1 contributes to the diversification of the UAE’s energy mix and reduces the country’s carbon footprint.

World’s largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in operation

5) The steam is then used to drive a turbine that drives the generator to create electricity.

6) Once used, the steam is recycled back into the system.

The operating performance of these plants demonstrates a proven annual plant efficiency exceeding 14%.

4) The gas powered heater maximizes the plants efficiency by maintaining the steam at the optimal temperature for power generation even when there is cloud cover or low-solar radiation.

Video on the Shams 1 project

Location Of Masdar City

Conclusion

Masdar City

Masdar City is a 6-sq-km city that is located near Abu Dhabi International Airport and is 17km from downtown Abu Dhabi. It is emerging as a global center for the analysis, marketing, and demonstration of renewable energy and sustainability of technologies, as well as the vast and extensive research in these fields.

Sham 1 Project

Masdar City is an immaculate and an ever green area that strives to achieve energy sustainability in the UAE. They work on several immaculate projects, developments, mission, and activities to make the UAE one of the safest, efficient, and competent country in the Middle East.

Being one of their most successful and prosperous projects, Sham 1 does not disappoint and allows the UAE to continue on pursuing it’s goal on clean energy sustainability. It fulfils the late Shaikh Zayed Al Nahyan’s desire to change the arid environment of the UAE into a strong, sustainable, and ecological environment.

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