Aaron Mandell, Founder and Chairman of WaterFX, looks at California's water issue like a classic entrepreneur. Where others see problems, he sees opportunity for improvement and profit. And that ...

In a coastal city in Namibia, a small shipping container near the beach sits surrounded by solar panels. Inside, new technology uses that solar power to turn ocean water from the Atlantic into ...

It’s one of life’s most frustrating ironies that Earth’s surface is over 70 percent water, but most of that is undrinkable. Desalination is an important technology that may help unlock more drinking ...

The GivePower non-profit founded by Tesla subsidiary SolarCity is supplying solar-powered desalination systems to some of the world’s neediest communities, backed by Tesla’s Powerwall battery ...

Desalination is being explored as a way to solve the shortages of drinking water that plague much of the world, but it has a few issues to iron out. A new design for a solar-powered desalination ...

Dear EarthTalk: What exactly is solar desalination and how can it help an increasingly thirsty world? — Maryann Dell’Amore, Howard, MN Solar desalination is a technique used to remove salt from water ...

KAILUA-KONA — Nearly $2 million will be coming to the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority as part of a U.S. Department of Energy program funding efforts to improve desalination technologies ...

“Welcome, this is paradise!” declares Galgalo Abdi, sweeping his arms open in a dramatic gesture. For a moment, I think he is being sarcastic. This parched swath of wilderness in northern Kenya ...

Over one-third of the world’s population lacks access to clean water. Sunlight-driven distillation, which can desalinate seawater and purify contaminated water, is a sustainable, cost-effective way to ...

Solar desalination A waffle-shaped solar evaporator harnesses the energy of the sun to provide spontaneous salt rejection and durable water purification. (Courtesy: iStock/lena5) Water is a vital ...

The Agua+S project under development in the Spanish region of Andalucia is aimed at combining a desalination plant, a pumping station network, and an onshore, floating photovoltaic plant in a single ...

In the Central Valley, nowhere near the ocean, there’s lots of salty waste irrigation water–and not enough to drink. If you want to take a shower or wash dishes in East Porterville, California, you’ll ...