The man who can make water from thin air won half-a-million dollar prize
for his innovative solar panels that create clean, fresh drinking water from air and humidity. The $500,000 prize “recognizes individuals who translate their ideas into inventions that improve the world in which we live”.in Phoenix, Arizona. So far, he has delivered water to populations in more than 30 countries spanning six continents.
The panels have been criticized by skeptics as being glorified humidifiers. But water-from-air expert and consultant Roland Wahlgren, from“Zero Mass Water’s product is a purpose-built dehumidifier,” he explains, “using desiccants to capture water vapor from the air. Solar thermal means are used to release the water from the desiccant so it can be condensed and treated to drinking water quality standards.
“As inventors, we have a responsibility to ensure our technology serves all of humanity, not simply the elite,” he said in a statement. “At the end of the day, our work is about impact and this recognition propels us forward as we deploy SOURCE Hydropanels to change the human relationship to water across the globe.”
Through a partnership with the Caribbean Climate Smart Accelerator, they installed hydropanels at the University Hospital of the West Indies Pediatric Ward, providing clean water to the hospital’s youngest patients and their families. The panels produce up to 2,550 liters of water each month, displacing more than 5,000 single-use plastic bottles.
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