루이지애나(Louisiana)의 엔지니어 및 태양열 담수화 기업인 Hill Kemp는 시장 기술에 대해 산업적 고객에게 텍사스의 엘파소(El Paso)대학교와 협력했다. Hill Kemp는 지난 8년 동안 태양열 담수화 과정의 수정을 위해 노력했으며, 엘파소대학교와 동업해 응축방법에 대한 기술을 제공할 방침이다. Hill Kemp는 태양열 담수화 방법을 사용할 수 있는 물처리시설에 관해 엘파소 지역의 200여 개 이상의 기업을 확인했다고 밝혔다.

미국국제개발기구(US Agency for International Development)에 의해 창립된 Hill Kemp는 지난해 Desal Prize의 준결승을 차지하면서 낙관적인 기술이 전망되었다. “연방정부에 의해 인증된 본사의 테스트를 통해 시장에서 작업을 인식하고 이익을 누리고 보고해야 할 것”이라고 Hill Kemp는 밝혔다.

Louisiana, engineer and solar powered desalination entrepreneur, Hill Kemp, has teamed up with University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP) to market the technology to industrial customers.

Kemp has worked to refine his solar-powered desalination process over the past eight years. UTEP is seeking a licensing partner, said Kem, who will give this condensation method a chance.

Kemp said the partners have identified more than 200 companies in the El Paso area that have in-house water treatment facilities that could use his solar-powered desalination method.

Kemp - a semifinalist in last year's worldwide Desal Prize created by the US Agency for International Development - was bullish about the prospects for his technology: "We've shown it - certified by the federal government - in our testing units. The market is going to have to see it working and see people reaping the benefits."

UTEP licensing specialist, Jeni Clark, estimated the value of the the water desalination equipment marketplace at $600 billion globally. "When you have a breakthrough like this some people can be skeptical, so we have to get them to pay attention," Clark said.

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 7월 21일]