Billions lack access to safe drinking water. Using solar power to turn sea water into fresh water can help.

Amidst a global freshwater crisis, an estimated 2 billion people today face severe water scarcity. Desalination technologies, where saltwater is turned into fresh drinking water, can play an important role in managing this crisis.At Desolenator, a Dutch/British company based in Dubai developing solar-powered desalination technology, the energy-intensiveness and chemical byproducts of traditional desalination methods are removed from the equation. The long-term goal is producing net-zero localized clean water that can help communities at risk achieve water independence.