solar powered desalination Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 08 May 2015 19:45:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 MIT’s New Solar-Powered Desalination Tech Wins USAID Award https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-solar-desalination-usaid/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-solar-desalination-usaid/#respond Fri, 08 May 2015 19:45:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54663 A new solar-powered desalination technology called “photovoltaic-powered electrodialysis reversal system”, which had been developed by the MIT, has won the top $140,000 Desal prize from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). As there are so many causes like irregular monsoons, drought, global warming etc., for the water scarcity, the world is continuously searching for permanent solutions. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-solar-desalination-usaid/feed/ 0 54663 Hydrology Student Invents Solar Powered Mass Desalination System https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrology-student-invents-solar-powered-mass-desalination-system-20100108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydrology-student-invents-solar-powered-mass-desalination-system-20100108/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:51:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6122 Worldwide terminus lakes could benefit from a new system to desalinate water, using a low-cost solar pond and patented membrane distillation system powered by renewable energy.

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