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Windmill uses wind power for desalination
Delft, Netherlands (UPI) Mar 03, 2008 Dutch researchers have created a windmill that can be used for seawater desalination without having to worry about electricity. Delft University of Technology said a traditional windmill drives a high-pressure pump that pushes seawater through a reverse osmosis membrane to produce fresh water, the university said Friday in a release. While windmill and desalination installations are already commercially available, most produce electricity that is stored and then used to drive the high-pressure pump for the reverse osmosis installation. The Delft prototype is driven directly by wind power. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Xcel Energy Launches Groundbreaking Wind-to-Battery Project
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 29, 2008Xcel Energy soon will begin testing a cutting-edge technology to store wind energy in batteries. It will be the first use of the technology in the United States for direct wind energy storage. |
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