태양열을 사용한 해수 담수화를 연구하기 위한 연구계약이 프랑스 경제·지속가능한 개발 및 에너지부 장관인 세골렌 루아얄(Segolene Royal)이 있는 자리에서 아부다비 미래에너지 회사인 Masdar 과학기술 기관과 GDF SUEZ, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT 간에 체결됐다.

이 프로젝트는 2014년 7월 수에즈사의 자회사인 데그레몽(Degremont)에 의해 체결된 계약의 일부로, 최소한의 환경적 영향을 동반한 100% 재생가능한 에너지에 의해 시범 해수담수화 플랜트를 시공하는 내용이다.

 

 

 

A research contract to study seawater desalination using solar power was signed by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, GDF SUEZ and SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT in the presence of Segolene Royal, French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy.

 

The contract will study the possible use of 100% solar power to desalinate seawater.

 

This project is part of a contract signed in June 2014 by the SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT subsidiary Degremont to construct a pilot seawater desalination plant potentially powered by 100% renewable energy and with minimal environmental impact.

 

Given heavy energy consumption involved in the desalination process, the use of solar energy to power seawater desalination plants is being seen as a major technical and economic challenge, even though over the past 15 years significant progress has been made in cutting the energy required in half.

 

The research contract signed today will be performed by “GDF SUEZ Lab Middle East, India & Africa” the new GDF SUEZ R&D laboratory at Abu Dhabi, supported by Laborelec and in collaboration with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and Degremont.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 1월 19일]