Creating sustainable fresh water from desalinating seawater using Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)

Project description

Solar power for sustainable water desalination

In 2015, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs identified the shortage of freshwater as a growing problem globally. As such, seawater was converted into freshwater through desalination by using fossil fuels. However, fossil fuel emits pollutants and fastens climate change worsening the problem. Solar Water Plc has found a solution that relies on solar power to produce sustainable freshwater for domestic, and industrial use. The EU-funded SWCSP - Solar Water project aims to collect real-world data and create designs for an entirely functioning seawater desalination dome powered completely by solar energy. The technology uses concentrated solar power, avoids fossil fuels and remains low-cost, carbon-neutral and low-pollutant.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › civil engineering
• engineering and technology › materials engineering
• engineering and technology › chemical engineering › separation technologies › desalination
• engineering and technology › chemical engineering › separation technologies › distillation
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy › solar energy › concentrated solar power

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
• H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
• H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies

Topic(s)

• EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument

Call for proposal

H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
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Funding Scheme

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Coordinator

SOLAR WATER PLC

Address

Salisbury House London Wall
EC2M 5PS London
United Kingdom

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

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EU contribution

€ 50 000