UAE start-up turns naturally evaporating water into an energy source

UAE start-up turns naturally evaporating water into an energy source

Manhat granted special accreditation by UN

Dr. Saeed Alhassan, co-founder of Manhat, with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Dr . Saeed was the first recipient of the inaugural Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Award for Scientific Excellence in 2017. - Supplied photo

Published: Wed 22 Mar 2023, 1:58 PM

The water that naturally evaporates from the Arabian Gulf is ten times more than the fresh water obtained by all desalination plants around the world. Utilising this naturally evaporating water could potentially solve the looming water crisis.

And that is exactly what a UAE-based start-up is doing. In recognition of their groundbreaking work, Manhat, co-founded by Emirati researcher Dr. Saeed Alhassan and Vishnu Pillai, has been granted special accreditation by the United Nations to be a stakeholder with the agency at the 2023 Water Conference in New York.

It is one of the only two companies selected from the UAE to attend the conference, with the other participant being DP World.

“It is a great honour,” Pillai told Khaleej Times in an interview. “We are thrilled to be able to be in the company of some of the best minds in the world that