But one team of innovators believe they have the answer, or at least one of the answers, to water independence, in the form of a small - scale, portable, solar -
powered water purification device that can convert up to 15 liters of clean water per day, called the Desolenator.
14 - year - old New York student Deepika Kurup was named «America's Top Young Scientist» for inventing a solar -
powered water purification system that changes dirty water into safe drinking water.
There are a variety of different solutions for enabling people in water poverty to obtain access to clean drinking water, from personal devices that don't require power to solar stills, but the Solar Wagon, from Water One World Solutions, offers a self - contained and self -
powered water purification system on wheels.
Not exact matches
The
water -
purification firm has found success by targeting regions with new or tightened environmental regulations — like China and Mexico — and offering its services to mining,
power generation, and oil and gas companies.
These results can serve as the foundation of future research on the wide range of possible applications involving microfluidic processes such as
water purification and self -
powered drug delivery systems.
WetLand is a modified houseboat made by the ecological artist Mary Mattingly to demonstrate easy - to - do sustainability projects (solar
power, rain
water collection and
purification, vegetable gardening, upcycling, etc.).
They won a grant from the Lemelson - MIT Program to develop a lightweight, portable disaster relief shelter, designed to be complete with a
water purification system and a renewable energy source to
power an LED light, which could be used after disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or tornadoes to house people who have been displaced.
However, we're a long way from the energy end - game, and there's still plenty of room for more of us to wise up to the
power of solar in all of its many guises, whether we're talking about delivering low - carbon cooking and
water purification in the developing world or providing additional heat and zero - fuel options to modern America.
The ad is part of GE's «ecomagination» campaign to promote «green» products such as lower - energy houses, wind turbines, solar
power and
water -
purification systems, as well as a range of new coal technologies.
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Water Heaters - Georgia
Power Trade Ally (Rebates Up to 50 % for LED Upgrade)- Insulation -
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So while nanotech helps us in
water purification, solar
power generation,
power storage and more, it seems that the dirty methods of the creation of nanomaterials could negate any environmental gain the products could produce.Research on the effects of nanotechnology has been demanded since its conception.
Some of the companies working on incorporating biomimicry into design are: Calera (biomineralization) Novomer (CO2 into biodegradable plastics) Dyesol (solar cells) Qualcomm (display screens) WhalePower (wind turbines) BioPower (wave
power) Purebond (bonding systems) Regen Energy (energy solutions) Qinetiq (
water harvesting) Grimshaw (architecture) Aquaporin (
water purification) PAXwater (flow forms) Cambridge Biostability (preservation) Biosignal (antibacterial methods) The Land Institute (agriculture systems)
Finn joined forces with Quentin T. Kelly, CEO of WorldWater &
Power Corp. and donated a solar -
powered mobile
water purification unit to Waveland residents.