Solar Water Desalination Plant Market

Solar Water Desalination Plant Market: Introduction

• A solar water desalination plant produces potable water from saline water through direct or indirect methods of desalination, powered by sunlight. Technical simplicity, low maintenance requirements, and ease of operation are key benefits offered for successful installation of distributed solar powered desalination plant systems. These factors are also expected to fuel the demand for solar water desalination plants during the forecast period.

Key Drivers and Opportunities of Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market

• Solar light can be considered as a new energy source for desalination of water, primarily in offshore applications. Rising concerns related to climate change, carbon emissions, rapid growth of human population, and contamination of water resources have fueled the demand for freshwater for both commercial and domestic usage. Rise in environment-related concerns and an increase in usage of clean energy substitutes are key factors that are estimated to drive the global solar water desalination plant market during the forecast period.
• Government policies and initiatives favoring the installation of solar water desalination plants are projected to offer significant opportunities to the global solar water desalination plant market during the forecast period
• A large amount of concentrated brine is discharged from saline water desalination plants. This brine is not only salt concentrated, but it also contains chemicals such as anti-scaling agents from pre- and post-treatment. This results in high salt concentration in the area near the brine discharge point. Thus, brine disposal is an issue that challenges all desalination technologies. This, in turn, is expected to restrain the solar water desalination plant market during the forecast period.
• The installation of solar-powered desalination plant is highly energy intensive and expensive, which makes it economically unfeasible for large and small-scale installations. This is a key factor restrained the solar water desalination plant market.

Middle East and Africa to Hold Major Share of Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market

• In terms of region, the global solar water desalination plant market can be divided into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and South America
• Middle East & Africa is likely to dominate the global market during the forecast period. High investments, especially in North Africa, as well as technological advancements are driving the market in the region. Moreover, favorable government initiatives in GCC and Africa have prompted leading global players to invest in these sub-regions.
• Leading players in Middle East & Africa are also interested in using solar power as an alternative to carry out reverse-osmosis desalination, which uses electricity to pump saline water through membrane filters. This is expected to drive the market for solar water desalination plant during the forecast period in the region.

Key Players Operating in Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market

• Elemental Water Makers B.V.
• F Cubed Limited
• Photon Energy Systems Limited
• Photon Energy Systems Ltd.
• Sinovoltaics Group
• Solar Water Solutions Ltd.
• Sterlitech Corporation
• Tesla, Inc.
• Trunz Water Systems AG
• Waaree Energies Ltd.

Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market: Research Scope

Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market, by Membrane Process

• Solar-powered Reverse Osmosis
• Membrane Distillation
• Electro-dialysis and Electro-dialysis Reversal

Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market, by Method

• Solar-powered Humidification-Dehumidification (HDH) Desalination
• Solar Diffusion Driven Desalination
• Solar Membrane Distillation
• Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) -based Desalination
• Solar Pond Distillation

Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market, by Region

• North America
  • U.S.
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Rest of North America
• Europe
  • Germany
  • France
  • U.K.
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Russia & CIS
  • Rest of Europe
• Asia Pacific
  • China
  • Japan
  • India
  • ASEAN
  • Rest of Asia Pacific
• South America
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Rest of South America
• Middle East & Africa
  • GCC
  • South Africa
  • Rest of Middle East & Africa