carbon emissions

.               Carbon emissions in the Middle East and North Africa have doubled recently.  The emissions per capita are much greater than the amount of the regular global citizen. Also, the countries that are rich in oil and gas are more likely to use it inefficiently. This has many results on the environment in negative side. When people burn fossil fuels in their cars it creates pollution in the environment. The advice for minimizing the use of electricity and transport is to become more efficient The emissions from rich countries are much higher than the emissions from poor countries .However, countries with a high economic output also use too much energy both gasoline and electricity. In the UAE, the Abu Dhabi Government is developing strategies and policies to asses and monitors the emissions of greenhouse gases, such as wetlands and mangroves are environmentally friendly and reduce the carbon output.

Main idea: Gemasolar

The first solar power plant called Gemasolar to use a new technology is sponsored by Masdar and SENER, a Spanish Engineering Company in Spain. The plant is made of a series of reflective mirrors, centered on a tower, and which gets rays from the sun and transfers them to electricity. The technology uses the new idea of molten salt to store the energy through a fluid then to a turbine to power electricity.

These heliostat units were so big they were a big challenge to stabilize as they need a lot of control to position them correctly to maximize the sun’s heat and

be stable in strong wind as well as generate power all day through a magnification process. The idea is to supply thousands of homes with power from the plant and the design is very cutting edge.

By

Suhail Alharbi

Zayed Awadh

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