Co-ordination action for autonomous desalination units based on renewable energy systems: ADU-RES

Many arid regions in Mediterranean countries have a great potential to cover their water needs with autonomous desalination units powered from renewable energy systems. The Coordination Action ADU-RES develops further integrated designs of renewable energy based desalination units and formulates political strategies for boosting the implementation of such units in the Mediterranean. The highly experienced consortium comprising institutes and organisations from 5 EU and 8 Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC) will develop guidelines for overcoming remaining technical barriers and will elaborate policy recommendations for improving the framework conditions for sustainable and decentralised water supply. The dissemination strategy will enhance the public awareness with comprehensive documents and Internet portals. Finally, the action outcomes will be compiled in a specific exploitation plan, based on the dialogue between the industry, policy and research community on the scheduled workshops.

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