Energy Department seeks low-cost desalination solutions




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Summary: Desalination of water to make it fresh isn't new. But the Energy Department is seeking low cost, low-energy ways of doing it. It's launched a small grant program to tie desalination with solar energy. Dr. Avi Shultz, acting concentrating solar power program manager in DoE's Solar Energies Technology Office, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.