Masdar City - a glimpse of the future in the desert | Environment | The Guardian - 0 views
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Shahar Dolev on 15 May 11גם מסדר-סיטי כבר לא מתוכננת להיות אפס פליטות פחמן... The master plan was to desalinate groundwater with solar energy, but for now water is piped in from one of Abu Dhabi's gas-fired, high-energy, desalination plants. The revised plan no longer counts on-site energy generation as the only source of power. The idea of coveringA scheme for covering all roofs with solar panels was found to be more costly than a centralised power plant. Meanwhile, the photovoltaic panels outside the city are proving less efficient than expected because of dust storms and haze, which can cut solar insolation by 30% - the panels must be cleaned by hand.