Sentences with phrase «conventional desalination»

Sorek will profitably sell water to the Israeli water authority for 58 U.S. cents per cubic meter (1,000 liters, or about what one person in Israel uses per week), which is a lower price than today's conventional desalination plants can manage.

However, conventional desalination plants consume large amounts of energy.

Conventional desalination plants that employ reverse - osmosis technology, used since the 1960s, are pricey: The new Carlsbad desalination plant in California, which outputs 50 million gallons a day, cost $ 1 billion to build.

Not exact matches

This makes me happy: By creating a small electrical field that removes salts from seawater, chemists have introduced a new method for the desalination of seawater that consumes less energy and is dramatically simpler than conventional techniques.

While less ambitious, I think the European Commission would do well to consider using solar thermal generators, instead of conventional PV panels, since they could also be used as desalination facilities.