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United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based real estate giant Nakheel is planning to build entirely solar-powered homes on its iconic Palm Jumeirah development.
'The idea is still under study and we have to
make sure it's feasible before we put in on the market. It's very
difficult to give a deadline but we have a very ambitious plan,'
Abdulrahman Kalantar, managing director of Design and Development at
Nakheel, told Emirates Business 24-7.
Palm Jumeirah is one of the three palm-tree shaped artificial islands being developed by Nakheel along the Dubai coast.
According
to Kalantar, the company hoped to fully supply all residential units on
the man-made island with solar energy in the next five years.
'We're
currently studying a lot of options, one of them being how to maximize
the use of solar energy. Solar has been a proven technology all around
the world, but the applications and uses are very limited in Dubai. We
have plenty of sun and we have to know how to use that energy,' he said.
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