The company Source Global has developed generators that use only solar energy to generate drinking water from the atmosphere, which can be extracted even from a desert.

Drinking water is even extracted from the desert with the use of powerful solar energy generators by the company Source Global. The ways to get potable water in places where scarcity is great are growing more and more. Given that populations are growing and climate change is well advanced, countries are resorting to new solutions.

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Solar energy hydropanels that generate fresh water in the desert

Hoping to help communities suffering from water shortages, Source Global is one of several companies extracting fresh water from the atmosphere. The company uses a sustainable technology known as hydropanels which are used in the process and powered by solar energy panels.

According to the company's vice-president for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Vahid Fotuhi, it is possible to collect drinking water from the air using only solar energy, without needing electricity or being connected to an infrastructure network.

Understand the working process of generators

The atmospheric water generators that are used by Source have been around for about a decade and traditionally use condensation, cool the water vapor and collect the droplets that form.

Despite being old, the process consumed a lot of electricity, in addition to only working in places with higher humidity, so the company looked for new solutions, such as the creation of generators that use solar energy to power the fans that draw the air inside. of the equipment being able to generate water even in a desert.

1,5 million liters of water produced per year in the desert

Dubai is where the company's largest production yard is located. In the country alone, 1,5 million liters of drinking water are produced through generators per year. It has already installed its solar panels in hospitals, schools and other places where shortages are high. The company is also attracting commercial customers with a focus on countries that cater to tourists and isolated landscapes such as the desert.

According to Fotuhi, there is a lot of interest from the hotel industry in the Middle East, with major brands always looking for more sustainable solutions. Source's biggest project is also in Dubai, at a luxury desert camp where generators produce potable water for the site.

The next project will be on the coast of the Red Sea, in Saudi Arabia, where the company intends to build 18 hotels and wants to use the potable water produced by Source's solar energy panels. According to Fotuchi, this shows the great potential for expansion of generators that can go from large resorts to small installations in a family home.