The BiolDeSal project develops and tests a biological desalination plant on an industrial scale. Compared to physical-chemical desalination technologies, biological desalination requires little energy and incurs significantly lower costs. Instead of the considerable environmental impacts of physical-chemical desalination technologies (highly concentrated wastewater brine, thermal contamination of seawater, damage to the marine environment, toxic substances), microalgae fix climate-damaging CO2 in addition to their ability to absorb salts.

The project outlined here can offer several advantages for the region and its agricultural use, such as the development, investigation and exploitation of products that will be in demand in the feed and food industries as well as the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries in the future through diversification and adapted production.

From the point of view of economic development and the OOWV, the project is of great importance both for the agricultural sector and for the provision of water in the context of H2 electrolysis. This requires the desalination and treatment of water on an industrial scale. In this respect, the project is a promising starting point and thus an important contribution to the development of the entire region.

BiolDeSal at Buten und Binnen

For further information and questions about the current status of the project, please get in touch with the contact persons listed.