Carbon Emissions

A new study in the Middle East and North Africa shows oil and gas rich countries are creating more amounts of carbon emissions per capita than the average. Co2 is created as people burn fossil fuels to generated electricity and to supply transport. Calculating emissions is important to show responsibility to the climate .Arabian Gulf countries are among the top carbon emitters. Qatar having the highest ecological footprint globally and Palestine has the smallest footprint. The study shows that inefficiency in the use of resources is to blame .Therefore; the UAE has started to regulate the use of air conditioning equipment and will begin analyses of emissions to help monitor the level greenhouse gases. Local vegetation like wetlands and mangroves will help the balance of co2 emissions.

Todorova, v. (2011, August 27). Region's carbon emissions doubled in past 30 years: report. Retrieved February 25, 2012, from www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/environment/regions-carbon-emissions-doubled-in-past-30-years-report

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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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