Total Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:25:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Shams 1: World’s Largest CSP Operates in The Middle East https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shams-1-solar-power-20130319/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shams-1-solar-power-20130319/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:25:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35045 The world’s biggest concentrated solar power plant has gone online in the United Arab Emirates yesterday. ‘Shams 1‘ was designed and developed by Shams Power Company, and is owned by the giants in the industry – Masdar, Abengoa Solar and Total. Located in the richest in oil reserves Middle East, the power plant covers an area of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shams-1-solar-power-20130319/feed/ 1 35045 Major Oil Company CEO Warns Against Oil Drilling in Arctic https://www.greenoptimistic.com/total-ceo-warns-arctic-oil-drilling-20120926/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/total-ceo-warns-arctic-oil-drilling-20120926/#respond Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:56:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26116 Total, one of the most important oil companies in Europe, has warned about the risks associated with drilling for crude in Arctic waters, through its CEO Cristophe de Margerie. He said that “Oil on Greenland would be a disaster,” and would make a bad reputation to anyone who would happen to spill it. A leak would do […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/total-ceo-warns-arctic-oil-drilling-20120926/feed/ 0 26116 Masdar to Build 100MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Abu Dhabi https://www.greenoptimistic.com/masdar-build-100mw-concentrated-solar-power-plant-abu-dhabi-20100612/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/masdar-build-100mw-concentrated-solar-power-plant-abu-dhabi-20100612/#respond Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:57:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7968 The CSP power plant dubbed Shams 1 (the Arabic word for "Sun") will cover one square mile of the desert in Madinat Zayed, about 75 miles from Abu Dhabi and will be able to generate 100 MW of electricity.

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