DESOLINATION Project: Highlights from the 6th Progress Meeting in Firenze

DESOLINATION Project: Highlights from the 6th Progress Meeting in Firenze

Last week, the DESOLINATION project partners gathered in Firenze for the 6th progress meeting, hosted by Baker Hughes. We extend our sincere gratitude to Baker Hughes for their hospitality and the organization of this important event.

As the holiday season approaches, the DESOLINATION team reflects on the significant progress made this year while preparing for the critical milestones that lie ahead. The discussions in Firenze emphasized both the achievements and the adjustments necessary to ensure the successful realization of the project’s objectives.

A central focus of the meeting was the demonstration plant in Riyadh, a cornerstone of the DESOLINATION initiative. While the development of most components is nearing completion, several timeline adjustments were addressed.

We had the opportunity to visit Baker Hughes’s Technical Training Academy. Baker Hughes is a leader in energy technology and specializes in advanced equipment for energy production, including turbomachinery for new-generation power cycles.

In the DESOLINATION project, they are designing the innovative power cycle and customized power block turbomachinery critical to the project’s success.

The visit highlighted Baker Hughes’ key contributions and inspired our team with a deeper understanding of their role in achieving the project’s vision.

As 2024 draws to a close, we extend our warmest holiday wishes to all our partners and supporters. Here’s to a successful and impactful 2025, as we continue to advance our shared vision of sustainable water and energy solutions.

Let us maintain this momentum as we strive toward completing the DESOLINATION project and delivering innovative solutions that benefit communities worldwide.

DESOLINATION partners have just held their 4th progress meeting at Lund University!

DESOLINATION partners have just held their 4th progress meeting at Lund University!

Credentials: Hilde Skar Olsen, Lunds Tekniska Högskola

Once again, DESOLINATION project partners came together to share their progress and coordinate their next steps. This time, our consortium had the pleasure of being hosted by the Membrane Group of the University of Lund in Sweden, for a hybrid meeting!

The DESOLINATION project began in 2021 and aims to build a unique plant producing fresh water from waste heat recovered from concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. The demonstrator will be sent to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for testing in 2025.

After reviewing all our progress, our team had the chance to visit the laboratories of the Membrane Group at Lund University, where they will test the membrane desalination concept on pilot scale.

This physical meeting was great opportunity to organize discussion groups between two of our workpackages dealing with the optimization of the CSP thermal cycle for desalination and how to optimize desalination processes.

Many thanks to all the partners for these valuable exchanges, which help move the project forward!

Together, let’s demonstrate how concentrated solar power can be coupled with an advanced desalination system to produce freshwater!

DESOLINATION #3rd Progress meeting in Paris | May 25, 2023

DESOLINATION #3rd Progress meeting in Paris | May 25, 2023

Today, the H2020 DESOLINATION project is holding its 3rd progress meeting in Paris. What a pleasure for the 21 project partners from Europe and the Gulf Cooperation Region to be together again!

The whole team is delighted to be back at work after a few months’ interruption to develop an innovative process combining concentrated solar power (CSP) on the one hand, and direct osmosis (FO) desalination on the other, to efficiently produce green electricity and fresh water.

H2020 DESOLINATION started in 2021 and seeks to build a first-of-a-kind plant producing fresh water out of solar energy. The demonstrator will be sent to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for testing in 2024.

Many thanks to all the partners for these valuable exchanges, which help move the project forward!