Starting from almost nothing in 2018, off-grid zero-emission desalination will be a rapidly growing $35 billion market in 2028, according to a recent report from IDTechEx: “Desalination: Off Grid Zero Emission 2018-2028.”
Many populations around the world get their water supply by desalinating sea water, an energy-intensive process where many locations remote from a power grid rely on expensive, polluting diesel for their power supply. Falling costs make off-grid renewables plus storage in a microgrid configuration a preferable option.
The report offers New Energy Seawater Desalination Co. Ltd. in Jiangsu Province, China as an example of an off-grid seawater desalination demonstration project. Power supply includes on-site wind, a photovoltaic field and optional solar thermal generation, with battery storage and a microgrid control system. The system is highly automated, starting with the push of a button. Operation is automatic with remote monitoring.
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