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solar still

American  

noun

  1. an apparatus that uses solar radiation to distill salt or brackish water to produce drinkable water.


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However, new studies are finding that energy storage is a feasible approach to grid reliability — and that even when adding the price of that infrastructure, solar still costs less than nuclear.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2024

While solar still constitutes a relatively small percentage of the area’s energy production, Seattle City Light reports that it has more than 66 megawatts of customer-owned solar on its grid.

From Seattle Times May 24, 2024

For all the progress that renewables have made in recent years, wind and solar still supply less than 5 percent of the world’s energy, according to the International Energy Agency.

From Slate Mar. 6, 2018

There could be greener options—a California startup called WaterFX has developed desalinization technology that uses renewable energy, cleaning water through a solar still.

From Time Feb. 1, 2014

A solar still is a device to produce fresh water from salt water.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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