Hybrid wind-power-distillation plant

Abstract

This paper reports and elaborates on the idea of a solar distiller and an off-shore wind power plant operating together. The subject under discussion is a single-stage solar distillation plant with vaporization, using adiabatic expansion in the gravitational field inside a wind power plant supporting column. This scheme di-vides investment costs for electric power and distillate production. In the region of the Adriatic Sea, all electric power produced could be "converted" to hydro-gen using less than 10% of the distillate produced.