Renewable Energy for Reliable Water Supply coupled with Coastal / Inland Brackish Desalination
Solar-powered desalination is becoming more obviously advantageous throughout the world in both coastal communities and water-poor areas with few streams and rivers that depend on brackish groundwater.
Examples:
- Al Khafji Desalination Plant (Saudi Arabia):
- Solar Technology: Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Arrays
- Desalination Technology: Reverse Osmosis
- Capacity: 90,000 m³/day
- El Sauce Desalination Plant (Chile):
- Solar Technology: Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Arrays
- Desalination Technology: Reverse Osmosis
- Capacity: 1,000 l/s
- Osmosun SA / OCP Desalination Plants (Morocco):
- Mixed Renewables
- Desalination Technology: Reverse Osmosis
- Capacity: small to medium
- Mixed Renewables
Solar-powered desalination may play a crucial role in meeting water demands sustainably while harnessing renewable energy sources.