Jamaican project harnesses solar energy to produce drinking water

Solar Buzz Jamaica has finalised a project at the University Hospital of the West Indies Children’s Ward which produces drinking water from sunlight and air.

The off-grid and self-sufficient hydro panel system uses a technology called Source. With advanced water capture technology, it harnesses air and sunlight to produce from four to ten litres a day of drinking water.

Solar Buzz Jamaica’s aim is to help Jamaicans find ways to become more energy efficient through conservation, energy saving products & solar solutions 

For this project, Solar Buzz provided alternative energy solutions through solar systems, and partnered with the U.S. company Zero Mass Water, developers of the Source unit technology.

“Solar Buzz is very excited about our new partnership with Zero Mass Water as we believe that every hospital and school should have these Source units in order to provide clean and reliable drinking water, while reducing the use of plastic bottles as well as a dependency on the traditional means of getting water”, said Jason Robinson, CEO, Solar Buzz Jamaica.

Innovative and energy efficient technologies such as these light a bright future for the renewable and alternative energy market.

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