The first ever pollution-free city is soon to rise in the Middle East. This city will be called Masdar City and is located in Abu Dhabi. Masdar which is an Arabic word meaning “source” is still in the drawing board. But if the city will be completed, it will be powered 100% by renewable energies like the wind and the sun.
The city is estimated at 3.7 square mile and cost around $5.0 Billion worth of development. It is spearheaded by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company. If this project will push through this year (and hopefully completed by 2009), this will be the first ever “green-city” in the world. Masdar will house world-class laboratories, light manufacturing factories and a selected pool of international tenants who are willing to invest, develop and commercialize advanced energy technology.
This project once completed will inspire other countries to go “green” and eventually change how we power our industries and our economy.
