Chile-based renewable energy company Valhalla is planning the impossible: constructing a hydroelectric power plant in the middle of the world’s most arid desert. Situated along the Pacific Ocean, west of the Andes mountain range, the Atacama Desert will provide this South American nation, whose net energy largely comes from fossil fuels, with an innovative new…
Located along the extensive Chilean coast that kisses the Pacific Ocean, the Atacama Desert is easily one of the driest places on our world, with few of its areas not even receiving a single drop of rainfall for the last 400 years. Such arid conditions prevails in spite of the cold desert being situated right…
For those who are not familiar with fog harvesting - the scope entails a nature-inspired technique (influenced by fog beetles) by which moisture can be trapped from foggy mists. This is generally achieved by expansive nets that help in trapping the vapor, and then storing the resultant water droplets (that account for a substantial volume)…