{"id":60527,"date":"2025-07-07T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60527"},"modified":"2025-07-07T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:39:09","slug":"spain-deploys-worlds-first-solar-desalination-dome-that-produces-water-day-and-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60527","title":{"rendered":"Spain Deploys World\u2019s First Solar Desalination Dome That Produces Water Day and Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-60528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Solar_Powered_Desalination.jpg\" alt=\"Solar Powered Desalination\" width=\"971\" height=\"1214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Solar_Powered_Desalination.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Solar_Powered_Desalination-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In a remote coastal zone near Almer\u00eda, Spain has launched the first full-scale solar desalination dome \u2014 a transparent structure that distills seawater into clean drinking water 24 hours a day, using only the heat of the sun and thermal storage.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The dome, developed by the SolarDew Consortium and CSIC, uses curved glass panels that focus sunlight into a central thermal salt bath. This bath stores enough energy during the day to keep water boiling and condensing through the night. Water vapor condenses on inner dome surfaces and is collected in a perimeter trench.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Unlike membrane or reverse osmosis systems, the dome uses no pumps, no filters, and no chemicals. It requires no external grid power and produces up to 6,000 liters of water per day with zero brine discharge \u2014 only dry salt that\u2019s collected and sold.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In drought-prone southern Europe, this innovation offers an off-grid, scalable way to deliver drinking water to rural communities and refugee zones. Several domes are already under construction along Mediterranean coastlines.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By mimicking the water cycle inside a sealed solar shell, Spain has turned the sun and sea into a water tap.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a remote coastal zone near Almer\u00eda, Spain has launched the first full-scale solar desalination dome \u2014 a transparent structure that distills seawater into clean drinking water 24 hours a day, using only the heat of the sun and thermal storage. The dome, developed by the SolarDew Consortium and CSIC, uses curved glass panels that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60527\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spain Deploys World\u2019s First Solar Desalination Dome That Produces Water Day and Night&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60529,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60527\/revisions\/60529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}