Dec
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New Solar Power Device Harvests Water For Drinking
December 12, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China developed a promising new solar-powered atmospheric water harvesting technology that could help provide enough drinking water for people to survive in those difficult, dryland areas. Their work was published in Applied Physics Reviews, an AIP Publishing journal. More than 2.2 billion people currently live in water-stressed […]
Jan
10
Solar Energy Turns Seawater Into Freshwater
January 10, 2019 | 2 Comments
Politecnico di Torino engineers have developed an innovative, low-cost technology to turn seawater into drinking water using solar energy alone. According to FAO estimates, by 2025 nearly 2 billion people may not have enough drinking water to satisfy their daily needs. One of the possible solutions to this problem is desalination, treating seawater to make […]