Promotion of Renewable Energy for Water production through Desalination

ProDes brings together 14 leading European organisations in order to support the market development of renewable energy desalination in Southern Europe. The project started on 1st October 2008 and it will run initially for 2 years.

ProDes supports the use of renewable energy (RE) in remote areas where the electricity grid cannot accommodate high penetration of intermittent energy sources. The project focuses on Southern Europe where desalination is an increasingly important energy demand factor. Using renewable energy to power desalination, either in stand-alone or grid connected systems, will allow better load control and consequently wider renewable energy use in these areas.

Project number	IEE/07/781/SI2.499059
Subject(s)	ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER QUALITY
Acronym	ProDes
Geographical coverage	United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Budget (in €)	0
Programme	Intelligent Energy for Europe programme
Web site	http://www.prodes-project.org/
Objectives	The project has the following specific objectives: Develop & communicate a road-map on RE-desalination Develop courses and provide training for students and professionals Facilitate collaboration between RE-desalination technology providers & SMEs on the local level Support communication and understanding between technology providers & investors Provide recommendations for the improvement of the legislative & institutional conditions and communicate them to key decision makers Familiarise the general public with the technology and its benefits
Results	These objectives will be achieved through the implementation of the carefully designed work programme by a selected group of partners from all over Europe with a wide range of backgrounds. RESULTS
Period	[01/10/2008 - 30/09/2010]

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