Using Power Of Ocean to make Freshwater With Zero Carbon Emissions

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Using Power Of Ocean to make Freshwater With Zero Carbon Emissions

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A two megawatt installation off the coast of Australia aims to power a large-scale desalination process with advanced wave energy technology.

rajendrashende‘s insight:

Traditional freshwater supplies for Perth, Australia  will dry up further by 2030. Meanwhile, Australia as a whole has been suffering the ravages of climate change, with record-setting heat waves, floods, wild fires and other extreme weather. Here is nature’s solution. The two megawatt demonstration project near the coastal city of Perth  will supply roughly 55 billion litres of drinking water per year. 25% of city’s requirement.

 

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