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Carlsberg Group
Bengal
Carlsberg Group has partnered with Desolenator to bring solar thermal water purification technology to the Sundarbans in West Bengal, India, addressing the acute water scarcity affecting 4,000 local residents. This region has been severely impacted by climate change, with the challenges of groundwater contamination, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan in 2020 further compounding the crisis. In some areas, water has had to be trucked in to meet basic needs. The project includes a community-led water distribution model developed in collaboration with WaterAid and Strathclyde University, which aims to empower local women entrepreneurs by creating employment opportunities.
Scheduled for completion by mid-2021, it will produce 20,000 liters of clean drinking water daily using solar energy, reducing the carbon footprint from water transportation. This initiative aligns with Carlsberg’s ‘Together Towards ZERO’ sustainability programme, which seeks to eliminate water waste at its breweries by 2030 and protect vital shared water resources in high-risk areas.
Today industrial desalination uses 0.4% of the global annual electricity and is on track to be responsible for 5% of global carbon emissions by 2040. Addressing this challenge, Desolenator uses no membranes, chemicals or polluting diesel, unlike traditional technologies. Instead, the patented technology uses the planets most abundant resource – the sun. By harvesting thermal and electrical energy from an integrated PVT panel, Desolenator produces high-quality water, monitored via a control panel. This solution eliminates external energy requirements, aiming to provide drinking water for all at low cost and with low environmental impact.
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