Solar Cube for Remote and Emergency Applications
14 March 2007
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If a natural disaster strikes, clean drinking water and emergency electricity can now be made readily available through the Solar Cube. Completely portable and easily assembled on site, the Solar Cube is powered by sunlight and wind, and can provide up to 3,500 gallons of clean drinking water per day from polluted water or salt water – enough to sustain hundreds of families during a disaster. It can also provide enough energy for emergency disaster officials to power refrigeration for emergency medical supplies, keep a laptop on-line, or ensure that crisis communications equipment remains operational.
During the past year, the Solar Cube has been introduced into remote areas of Asia and South America. The Solar Cube provided drinking water and electrical power to several villages in Pakistan after the major earthquake in 2005. Currently, the Solar Cube is being used in isolated villages in Venezuela, and Pakistan. The Solar Cube is a cooperative project by Spectra Watermakers, Inc., of San Rafael, California and Trunz Metallchnik AG of Switzerland. The product ranges in price from $38,000 to $80,000. Training and operational instruction is included in the purchase price.
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SSW 500
Spectra Solar Seawater System produces 3500 Liters of pure fresh
water a day from ocean water or saline wells. Utilizing Spectra’s proprietary Clark Pump technology, the system can produce more water with less energy than any other small scale system available today. The desalination system operates efficiently, quietly and reliably for thousands of hours without major service.The system is specifically designed to be rugged and reliable for operation in remote conditions.
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SSBW 6500
The Spectra Solar Brackish Water System can provide from 3500 Liters
a day up to 6500 Liters a day depending on the salinity of the feed water. It
can operate in a feed water range from seawater down to a few thousand
parts per million of salinity such as brackish wells and lakes. Utilizing a hybrid of technologies the Spectra brackish system can operate in a full range of conditions all the while maintaining the renowned Spectra efficiency.