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Solar Desalination Round 2

Pays teams up to $1 million to build solar-thermal systems that desalinate very-high-salinity wastewater, such as water produced by oil and gas extraction.

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The competition runs across four increasingly difficult phases, with fewer competitors and bigger prizes at each stage: teams design their solar-thermal desalination system, get it permitted, build it, and demonstrate its operation. Design Contest finalists have each received $750,000 to advance to the Test Contest, and DOE awards the eventual winner a final $1 million cash prize; this round is no…

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