SolarClean
- Challenge:SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Co-Funders:Irish Aid
- Phase:Seed
- Team Lead:Dr Demetra Achilleos, University College Dublin
- Partner Country Team Lead:Prof. Pieter Gouws, Stellenbosch University
- Team Co-Lead:Prof. Séamus Fanning, University College Dublin
- Societal Impact Champion:Nick Andrews, Dawn Farm Foods
Funders
Co-funded by: Irish Aid
Providing access to safe, clean water using sustainable solar technologies
A solar-driven, ‘green’, and cost-efficient approach to eliminate substances of emerging concern (SECs) from irrigation water and wastewater streams. The systems will operate without additional chemicals by using renewable solar energy and waste resources. The proposed technology overcomes the limitations of traditional approaches, which impose significant requirements in terms of energy, chemicals, infrastructure, capital, and engineering expertise, which prevent their operation in many areas of the world.