Waves to Water Prize:
Accelerate the development of wave-powered desalination systems to provide drinking water in disaster relief and coastal locations.
The U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office invites you to submit your ideas to develop wave powered desalination systems for the Waves to Water Prize. The Waves to Water Prize is a 4-Stage, $2.5M contest to accelerate the development of small, modular, wave-powered desalination systems capable of providing potable drinking water in disaster relief scenarios and remote coastal locations.
The prize supports the integration of existing and novel wave energy generation technologies with water technologies that can deliver effective, consistent, durable and low-maintenance water delivery systems. The prize seeks to identify the ideal scale of wave energy innovation paired with water technologies that can serve niche markets such as disaster response, and advance the state of both wave energy devices and desalination technologies that could provide value in other markets as the technologies mature.
The prize has four stages, aimed to support concepts through demonstration, with the final stage culminating in an open water testing competition, where the systems will produce clean water using the power of waves. Innovators can currently apply for the DESIGN stage.
The four stages of this prize will distribute a total of $2.5 million, and will provide access to testing and demonstrating solutions out in the ocean in the final DRINK Stage.
More information: https://www.herox.com/wavestowater
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