The Future of Water - Nuclear Powered Desalination
The increasing global population as well as changing rainfall patterns are putting stress on global freshwater supplies. As countries increasingly need to find alternative sources of freshwater for agriculture and domestic use desalination is growing with the total global production capacity reaching 112 million m3/day in 2020.
This requirement for increased levels of desalination will require a ramp up in the deployment of desalination facilities. By moving to floating facilities the benefits of shipyard construction can be brought to desalination decreasing deployment time and cost. By pairing this with next generation nuclear power these facilities will be able to provide reliable water production as well electricity. This means the facilities will not be affected by the low utilisation rates of some existing facilities.
This report sets out the growing demand for desalinated water as well as discussing that the technologies that will be used to meet it. The Reports further shows how the nuclear-powered desalination is the best option for example deployments in Australia and Tonga.
Nuclear powered desalination offers a flexible green option for creating freshwater. The CORE POWER facilities are capable of being sized to specific deployments and could be a significant economic boost to their host nations. There are currently 3.6 billion people globally suffering from water scarcity the CORE POWER concept could help bring this down, saving and improving lives globally.
