Financial Times Article Rating

Wave of innovation aims to make desalination sustainable

Mar 22, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    30% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    42% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    8% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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15% Positive

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61% : The main focuses of innovation, Gasson says, are new materials for the membranes that filter out salt, improved integration of renewable energy, digital systems for monitoring and control, the recovery of valuable minerals such as lithium and rare earth metals from the brine stream, and better control of membrane scaling and fouling.
58% : Desalination is an energy-intensive process, which has mostly relied on fossil fuels.
53% : Companies are hoping to find multiple ways to make desalination more efficient without boosting carbon emissions.

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