Desalination and renewable energies-a few recent developments

Abstract The research work carried out by the “Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique” with respect to desalting by renewable energies was oriented towards the use of solar energy, wind energy and the thermal energy of oceans. This article outlines the results obtained in the area of reverse osmosis associated either with a solar motor or with an aerogenerator and gives the description of a solar desalting greenhouse. Another paper will outline a work carried out with respect to solar distillation.