Billions lack access to safe drinking water. Using solar power to turn sea water into fresh water can help.

This desalination technology can help vulnerable communities at risk.
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Billions lack access to safe drinking water. Using solar power to turn sea water into fresh water can help.
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Amidst a global freshwater crisis, an estimated 2 billion people today face severe water scarcity. Desalination technologies, where saltwater is turned into fresh drinking water, can play an important role in managing this crisis.

At Desolenator, a Dutch/British company based in Dubai developing solar-powered desalination technology, the energy-intensiveness and chemical byproducts of traditional desalination methods are removed from the equation. The long-term goal is producing net-zero localized clean water that can help communities at risk achieve water independence.


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