Department of Energy Launches Desalination Prize

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the $9 million American-Made Challenges: Solar Desalination Prize, a competition to accelerate the development of systems that use solar-thermal energy to produce clean water from very-high-salinity water. “The U.S. has the technical knowledge, vision and talent it takes to develop solar-powered systems that can turn water produced by industrial processes into usable water,” says U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette. “These innovations will not only encourage new uses for solar energy, but will also help achieve President Trump’s clean water goals.”Increasing access to freshwater supplies strengthens U.S. economic competitiveness and water