[Source: UAE Interact ]

The country's first solar power tracking device has been installed at the Dubai Knowledge Village by Energy and Environment Park (ENPARK), a comprehensive eco-friendly community and a member of TECOM Investments, in partnership with Switchpower, a leading renewable energy company in Sweden. 

The initiative is in line with the priorities on sustainable development, set out in the Dubai Strategy 2015 launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai. It is also linked to TECOM's recently announced ?green building? The initiative and confirms ENPARK?s proactive and continuous commitment towards sustainability, energy management and water conservation.
The Knowledge Village solar tracker is an advanced photovoltaic (PV) power system that utilizes sensors to follow the sun during the day. The mechanism ensures that irradiation levels are optimized on the tracker system's module surface, maximizing output by more than 40 per cent, compared to conventional systems. 

The Knowledge Village solar tracker has a 3.3m high pole, construction elements of galvanized steel, aluminium profiles for the mounting of solar modules, two electric motors, a sun-tracking control unit consisting of two tetraeder-irradiation sensors and a wind guard sensor. At its current location, the Knowledge Village solar tracker will produce approximately 10 MWh/year. According to industry estimates, a solar tracker can prevent over 125 tonnes of CO2 pollution during its life term, while providing green and high quality electricity. (Emirates News Agency, WAM)