Sentences with phrase «desalinated water costs»

«Desalinated water costs five to 10 times more than regular municipal water, yet we're not investing nearly enough money into research.

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Since about half the cost of delivering water represents capital charges, such subsidies would reduce the cost of desalinated water by 20 to 50 percent.

Today the cost of desalinated water is about half of what it was 15 years ago; surely the cost can be decreased by half again — or more.

Since the value of the crops per hectare would be about $ 10,000, the present cost of about $ 5,000 for desalinated water per hectare is too high.

While the cost of desalinated water has steadily decreased, it still is much more expensive than water from traditional irrigation sources.

«It's not straightforward, but it's there, and would have to be compared with the costs of desalinated water and building new dams on land.»

But current methods to desalinate water come at a very high cost in terms of energy, which means more greenhouse gases and more global warming.

I'm pretty sure the cost of supplying desalinated water to replace Himalayan meltwater would be more than the entire US economy could output in 2030 given DOE only spends a few tens of millions annually on desalination research... Farming is where you find suitable seeds, soils, logistics, markets, and predictable rainfall and temperature patterns.

Seawater desalination plants cost around $ 1 for each litre per day capacity, and about $ 1 for each kilolitre of desalinated water they produce.

Now we hear from Renewable Energy Access that researchers in Germany and Algeria are collaborating to speed up the market introduction of large - scale solar thermal plants that could supply up to 200mw of electricity, while sumltaneously desalinating enough water for 50,000 people: «Electricity from solar thermal plants currently costs â «¬ 0.20 to 0.30 / kWh [US $ 0.31 to 0.47 / kWh], depending on the location of the plant and the amount of sunshine it receives.

During its lifetime Desolenator will desalinate water at a lower cost per litre than any system at this scale available on the market today.»