ADU-RESCo-ordination Action for AutonomousDesalination Units based on RenewableEnergy Systems

The looming water crisis in theMediterranean threatens to endanger thelivelihood of the entire region. Millions ofpeople do not have access to safe potablewater and the situation is anticipated to getworse.

Over the last few decades extensive researchhas been performed in small-scaleapplications for sea and brackish waterdesalination. This technology has greatpotential to provide isolated rural areas with

potable water, replacing expensive and unsustainable alternatives like water transportation. Such plantscould be very well powered from renewable energy sources which are abundant in the Mediterranean.

Levels of Activities

In the Co-ordination Action ADU-RES leading researchinstitutions from Europe and Mediterranean PartnerCountries have joined forces to commercialise autonomousdesalination plants. ADU-RES is structured on three levels:

Latest successful R&D work will be brought together with ADU-RESresearch results to formulate specific guidelines for autonomousdesalination plant construction.

Socio-economic and political framework conditions in the target countriesas well as relevant EU directives will be analysed in detail. Based on thisanalysis, a political strategy to boost decentralised renewable energy baseddesalination units will be developed.

Finally, a fruitful interdisciplinary dialogue will be initiated within the researchand industry communities as well as with political decision makers to exploitthe project results and develop markets for autonomous desalination units.

ADU-RES started on the 1st of April 2004 and will be completed by October2006.

Project funded by the European Union inthe framework of INCO MPC Programme

Source: NREL

Source: CRES

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How to get involved

The Co-ordination Action ADU-RES provides various opportunities to get involved and profit from theproject activities and results:

Be included in the ADU-RES database to receive the newsletters

Participate in the next ADU-RES seminars in Tunisia (May 2005) and Jordan (May 2006)

Forge alliances with the ADU-RES experts to initiate concrete planning and implementation forautonomous desalination units in the Mediterranean.

Coordinated by:WIP – Renewable Energies

Sylvensteinstr. 2 81369 Munich, Germany

Tel: +49 89 720 12 712Fax: +49 89 720 12 791

e-mail: Christian.Epp@wip-munich.de

Project funded by the European Union inthe framework of INCO MPC Programme

Source: GUGLIELMO DE MICHELI

AUA, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

CDER, Centre de Développement des EnergiesRenouvelables, Algeria

CRES, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, Greece

CREST, Centre for Renewable Energy SystemsTechnology, Loughborough University, UK

E.C. DG-JRC, Institute for Environment andSustainability, Renewable Energies Unit, EU

ELARD, Earth Link and Advanced ResourcesDevelopment, Lebanon

ETA–Renewable Energies, Italy

EWE, Egyptian Association for Water and Energy, Egypt

FM21, Fondation Marrakech 21, Morocco

IAV, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II,Morocco

INRGREF, Institut National de Recherche en GénieRural, Eaux et Forets, Tunisia

ISE, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems,Germany

ITC, Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias, Spain

PHG, Palestinian Hydrology Group, Palestinian Authority

RSS, Royal Scientific Society, EnvironmentMonitoring & Research Central Unit (EMARCU), Jordan

WIP–Renewable Energies, Germany

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