Saudi Arabia’s Neom to build world’s first ‘solar dome’ desalination plant
- Date: 30-Jan-2020
- Source: The Arab Weekly
- Sector:Industrial
- Country:Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s Neom to build world’s first ‘solar dome’ desalination plant
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to adopt solar technology to power a desalination plant that produces clean, low-cost, environmentally friendly fresh water at the smart mega-city Neom.. The process sees seawater pumped into a hydrological 'solar dome' made from glass and steel, before it is superheated, evaporated and eventually precipitated as fresh water..