Indeed this may presently be the case, but they are way ahead in creating grid level energy storage, this is, after all what the city is all about. It's the home to many different experiments. They are already using massive pressurized oil tanks to store heat which in turns runs generator, within a few years they are confident they will be running 100% on renewable energy.
Yeah, doing real fine even though there are numerous reports of it being shut down and all but a ghost town today. Personally, this was something I was really hoping would happen. I really wanted a city of the future to pave the way and show the world there is a future past most of the energy we currently use. A city that pushes for technology with the greatest minds and scientists on the planet. Unfortunately, Masdar doesn't seem to be that city.
shut down my ass...this is defetic propaganda at it's best level. @infinite world, the city of masdar is still on track and is prepering quitely the phase 2 greenbuildingelements.com/2016/11/17/masdar-city-launches-phase-2-master-plan/
This is the first time I have ever seen a video with more than 100 likes, and 0 dislikes. I must say, I think this guy knows what he's doing. It wasn't even a boring video either! I was very interesting. Keep on working like this!!
Gotta say, with all the sun in the area, the region they buildt Masdar in is kinda the obvious place to start building zero-fossil fuel cities. Interesting, concrete waste as road base is an old idea, heck back in the 80's we once had people complaining there wasn't enough concrete waste for our roads in Denmark. Nowadays we only have to resurface them, so it's no longer an issue, but still a fun twist to the discussion on waste. :)
its called Fully charged, so we need to make sure we have full charge before leaving, if u want a car show watch top gear, they'll love those cars you mentioned...
This is not the case for concentrated solar power (CSP) which the city is using alongside photovoltaics. CSP uses similar technology as fossil fuels. Instead of using coal to heat up water to create steam, CSP heats oil, or a brine solution, to incredibly high temperatures that boil water to create steam. The oil is heated up using the sun and the oil will stay hot well into the night. Some systems can run for 4 days with no sun. Check it out on wikipedia, it's really cool technology.
+Benjamin Guillaume Why is that ironic? Oil companies are jumping on renewable energies like never before because they know that public opinion is changing and that their days (or years) of fracking are pretty much numbered.
very good ideas and some good work. but many unanswered questions... How about the water management? where does it come from? Desalination of the Persian Gulf water? What about the steel recycling?? did someone understand what the make out of the steel waste? I didn't. In general, besides the recycling of wood and concrete, the other recycling ideas looked more than dreams or ideas, not like really eco friendly ways of recycling things... steel needs to be heated to very hot degrees to reform or reuse it... also plastic needs to be melted and cleaned of small waste parts in it...
I laughed when the spokesman said Masdar's version of PRT doesn't have expensive infrastructure, as if the city Undercroft isn't the most expensive PRT guideway ever built. They should have gone with a guideway like the Heathrow Pod, and will have to if Masdar PRT ever expands (no current plans to do so?).
As Robert pointed out, it's surprising that a country synonymous with oil production is investing in renewable energy technologies and next generation smart community and building design. Clearly they see end of the road for oil. It is just as surprising that a heavily energy-dependant country like the USA is making very little effort to plan for a post-fossil fuel world.
Its been almost 10 yrs since publisihng of this video. Whats the update on masdar? Is the outcome as promised? Can we learn lessons from last 15 yrs since its inception? The do’s and don’ts of such projects.
I'm surprised there are no Solar Collector Towers, some of them use chemical exchange (using salts) to store energy during the night. Several of these towers are being built in the US.
All the trash could potentially go to a land fill and the gases it would create could be used for power. I know they do that in the US to power a city, don't know how green it is though.
Hey will you ever do a story on Japan? As you probably know Japan passed the renewable energy tarrif, and they're expected to leapfrog over germany in a few years. Seems you could make an episode on what's going on over there
Chris Conroy? Hi there! Unfortunately, electricity produced from the sun is only free after you've paid back the £600,000,000 it cost to install the 'free' light collecting and power distribution systems...
Ow man....think how long it will take before every city is like this...hundreds of years? or can we change our attitudes, coz that's what's standing in the way...
I meant no offense, although I see how someone could take offense. Actually I am glad that someone somewhere is moving forward with new advanced and modern living areas and an Arcology like Masdar is amazing. I would love to visit it someday.
I know this is going to get me flak, however I watched a Shell video which here. watch?v=yFr-OocOb7Y&feature=plcp . This paints a very different picture of Masdar and is not totally dismissive but points out something which is often forgotten, Masdars energy from Solar goes away at night and they dont have storage systems so rely on the incoming grid then. I woudl suggest people watch the Shell video to hear other sides. Love the show tho, always watch it.
Next step is cradle-to-cradle sustainability. 95 percent isn't enough, there's still waste! When everything we create and use leaves a positive imprint on the environment we are truly the stewards of a recovering world!
Hey Good idea but I found out that families are having less and less children so when the worldwide birth rate ~2.1/female we won't need to decrease the pollution output as the population will flatline, flatlining the pollution output. Although we need to combat CHINA and illegal logging. Logging is worse that pollution output.
Can anyone elaborate, and explain how "the city is (being) oriented 45º towards (?) the sun" results, in conjunction with all the other measures, in a 10º reduction of the average "street" temperature? Visual/animated explanatory links would be greatly appreciated.
The average city has lots of tar roads, because tar absorbs heat the city's are generally hotter than the surrounding areas. As well as the other things like the 45 degrees to the sun to get the most shade, the city will actually be very cool
IF YOU LOOK WORLDWIDE TURBOPROP TYPE AIRCRAFT ARE ALREADY ON THE MARKET THAT is ELECTRIC POWERED?? ALL DESIGNS CAN BE REFITTED TO BE POWERED BY THE VOLT NOT THIS TEST LIKE IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT IS SPEEDING UP. IN THE MEANTIME WHY NOT UNDERGROUND HIGH-SPEED ELECTRIC TRAINS INSTEAD ALL OVER THE PLACE FROM THIS CITYS MAIN HUB OUT TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THIS LAND?
Whoever invested their cash into the infrastructure is going to want some sort of return on their investment. Plus there will be maintenance costs as well. It won't be free, but I bet it will be cheaper than fossil fuel.
i could.. with a add-on. "Bravo - the truth means - the rich people of Ayo but instead of spending their money, wars and their need for a quesa - excellent - it is"
Yeah if your're talking about buring trash, thats one of the least enviromental friendly sources of energy; natural gas and coal are cleaner. But I see what you're saying two birds one stone.
A very nice idea however its easy to implement when you can simply pump your money out of the ground, I very much doubt it would every have existed if it were not for fossil fuel which is a little ironic but not to say a bad thing. Really loved all the videos, they even have pretty recycling managers too :-) what a great job you have!
Why do they not recycle plastic? that's strange? .. In Sweden we are recycling 92% of all plastic.. we are not best in the EU though... Recycling plastic saves a lot of oil!!
Did you hear about the Liquid Atmpsheric Oxygen principle which may be able to be used as an industrial system to store energy from green production and could also run cars. Liquid Air cars. video here. /watch?v=NOImbv_xcT8 / Dearman Engine Company - they have an interesting website. Safer than hydrogen and its just air.
Get BK to cars please.Yes where the energy comes from matters but your missing the point of being a car show and theres so much new stuff out there i.e. Jaguar XJ plug-in hybrid, BMW i3 & i8, Honda NSX, Porsrche 918 Spider, extra.
EVERYTHING YOU CLOWN OVER THERE CLAIM IS BULLSHIT! WE HERE HAVE THE BIGGEST AND OLDEST CITIES!! PERIOD WHEN LIKE THE WHITEMAN WHEN YOU LIVED IN TENTS?? WE HAD CITIES OF OVER 28 MILLION?? WE INVENTED COUNTING AND THE FUCKING ZERO WE HAVE to BUILD MORE THING WITHOUT MORTAR AND THERE STILL HERE WORKING ANYTHING YOU HAVE?? WE TAUGHT IT TO YOU!! BUT YOU LET THE EUROPEANS TELL YOU YOUR OWN HISTORY?? THE SPANISH MISSED ONE SET OF BOOKS THE OLDEST IS OVER 59,000 YEARS OLD CITIES HERE ARE OLDER THAN ANYTHING IN THE VALLEY OF LIFE BY 45,000 YEARS OLD. ALL WHO FOLLOWS THE EUROPEAN WILL BE IN TROUBLE VERY SOON? EVERYTHING TAUGHT TO YOUR PEOPLE WERE OUR TEACHERS!! BUT YOU RUINED IT WITH OUTSIDE BULLSHIT!! NOW YOU LIVE LIKE A FUCKING EUROPEAN?? PLEASE!! WHEN WE ARE READY WE WILL RULE THIS WORLD AGAIN, AND THOSE NOT SIDED WITH US DISAPPEAR FROM THIS WORLD, ALL THERE MAKE BELIEVE BULLSHIT! THE MAYAN ARE STILL HERE AND THE OTHER ...TRIBES ARE READY. SOON THE WHITE WORLD WILL KNOW OUR WAYS...YOU WER JUST LIKE US! GREAT, AND...TRIBAL.? SO, WHO HAS FORGOTTEN PART OF THEIR PAST AND THE TRUTH? WHO HAS LET THE ENEMY TAKE IT FROM THEM? DONT KILL THEM TURN FROM THEIR LIES AND RETURN TO THE OLD GREAT WAYS? IF YOU CAN REMEMBER THEM?
