Point Paterson Desalination Plant

The Point Paterson Desalination Plant is a planned municipal-scale solar-powered desalination plant with land-based brine disposal just outside Port Augusta, South Australia. The plant will integrate renewable energy and desalination technologies to create environmentally-friendly electricity and water. In particular, the project will significantly reduce the usual greenhouse impacts associated with grid electricity demand for desalination. The project has attracted the interest of internationally renowned climatologist Professor Stephen Schneider, who has now joined the Board of Acquasol.