Making water – but only while the sun shines

Solar desal remains unproven on a commercially viable scale. A new initiative in Israel could change that.

The Eilot Regional Council is considering a plan to build an 87,670m3/d solarpowered desalination plant in southern Israel. The plant would form part of a 200- 225MW solar power scheme featuring three separate power generation plants.

“We are conducting technological and economic feasibility studies to determine whether to include a desalination plant in the tender,” Noam Ilan, project ...

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