With a current increase in water scarcity from overpopulation and global warming, we are on the lookout for new solutions. Although we use various practices such as desalinating oceans, drilling into the ground and rainwater harvesting, they haven’t been very convenient or efficient. However, SOURCE Global, one of the many transnational corporations around the globe, is seeking to harvest water from the atmosphere in the hopes of aiding water-scarce regions. To achieve this, the company is using built-in sustainable solar panels which they call Hydropanels. A fitting name, isn’t it? Vahid Fothui, the vice president of the company based in Europe, the Middle East and Africa states, “You’re able to harvest water from the air using solar and nothing else, no need for electricity, no need for (a) grid, no need for infrastructure — it’s perfectly self-sufficient.” 

SOURCE’S hydro panels used in a luxury resort in Dubai. 

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How do these panels work? Fans in the panel pull in outside air and push it through a water-absorbing material, which captures water vapour. The water vapour is later removed and condenses into liquid, which is collected in the reservoir actively. After it is collected, minerals like magnesium and calcium are added to help improve the taste and provide health benefits. Hydropanels have produced 1.5 million litres of water each year in Dubai, where the company’s largest water farm is located. SOURCE’s main leisure offering is now located in a luxury desert camp in Dubai, where their Hydropanels generate drinking water on-site. It demonstrates the scaling of these water generators, according to Fotuhi, which might be as little as one panel in a family house or as large as a number of panels deployed at a huge resort. With over 2 billion people in our world today living in countries experiencing high water stress and scarcity, technologies like the ones being developed by SOURCE are needed. 

An up-close image of how the Hydropanel looks like. 

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CITATIONS

Olivia, Ana De. “Making water in a desert, from sunlight and air.” CNN World, 30/06/2021, https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/30/middleeast/source-global-dubai-spc-intl/index.html. Accessed 3/07/2021.

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