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Masdar launches wind atlas to promote alternative energy source in coastal UAE

January 28, 2015
Masdar launches wind atlas to promote alternative energy source in coastal UAE

28th January 2015

ABU DHABI // Masdar has launched a wind atlas designed to further the case for wind farm development in coastal areas and islands of the UAE.

Over the past 10 years, a team commissioned by Masdar has been collecting data on the country’s wind patterns to prompt developers to invest in a technology that is often overshadowed by the falling cost of solar energy.