Solar Powered Seawater Desalination Plant

Siemens austria has produced and installed the world s first large scale solar powered desalination plant.

Solar powered seawater desalination plant.

According to the developer this will be the. The plant in saudi arabia is controlled according to the solar energy available in order that the highest possible proportion of renewable energy is used for water desalination. Details of this large scale solar powered desalination plant the solar desalination plant will be built over a 250m x 700m area adjacent to an existing swro plant. Solar desalination is a technique to produce water with a low salt concentration from sea water or brine using solar energy.

There are two common methods of solar desalination. The indirect method of solar desalination involves two steps. At a newly constructed solar powered desalination plant in kenya a nonprofit called givepower has been able to provide fresh water to thousands. Solar arrays will be installed on a 90ha area located approximately 1km away from the desalination plant.

The collection of solar energy through photovoltaic cells or solar panels and the desalination of water in a conventional desalination plant. First energy is collected by an array of solar panels in the same way that any solar panel system works. Either using the direct heat from the sun or using electricity generated by solar cells to power a membrane process.