Fusion for Water Treatment

Desalination and advanced water treatment are energy-intensive. Firm, low-water fusion power could secure fresh water for arid and growing regions.

Need

Energy-intensive desalination + treatment

Fusion offer

Firm power (and usable heat), low own-water use

Siting

Compact, coastal-friendly

Benefit

Water security for arid regions

Water scarcity is intensifying, and the main tools against it — seawater desalination and advanced wastewater treatment and reuse — are energy-intensive. Reliable, affordable, clean energy is the enabler, and intermittent supply makes these continuous processes expensive to run.

Firm fusion power is well matched. A Kronos MetroVolt plant provides the firm, around-the-clock electricity (and usable heat) that desalination and treatment need, while itself being thermally light — consuming little cooling water, an obvious virtue where water is the scarce resource. Its compactness suits coastal siting near intakes.

Coupling firm clean power to water treatment could give arid and fast-growing regions a secure supply of fresh water alongside their electricity, from a single low-carbon source — extending firm fusion's value into water security. See fusion for desalination.