Desalination: new frontier for renewable energy?

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• 作者：Ilian Iliev  ; [Author Vitae] ; Helena van der Vegt  ; [Author Vitae]
• 刊名：Renewable Energy Focus
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：March-April, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：13
• 期：2
• 页码：20-22
• 全文大小：971 K

文摘

WATER systems around the world are under increasing pressure due to demands from continued industrialisation and urbanisation; growing populations; and increasing pressure on agricultural systems. This is driving the early stages of a revolution in the technologies and business models used in the water industry. Desalination is already part of this mix, but could the technologies' high demand for energy open up a new market for renewable energy technologies?