Atmospheric Water Harvesting System AeroHarvest Launches in Namibia: Extracting 100 Tons of Fresh Water from Air Daily in Desert
AeroHarvest uses metal-organic framework materials to efficiently adsorb water vapor from dry air, achieving daily production of 100 tons of fresh water in the Namibian desert.
Israeli water technology company WaterGen announced on February 27 that its large-scale atmospheric water harvesting system AeroHarvest has officially launched near Windhoek, Namibia. The system uses metal-organic framework (MOF-801) material as an adsorbent, efficiently capturing water vapor from air even in extremely dry conditions with relative humidity as low as 10%.
AeroHarvest occupies approximately the footprint of a basketball court, powered by a solar photovoltaic array. Operating in a daytime adsorption and nighttime desorption cycle, the system produces 100 tons of fresh water daily, enough to meet the daily needs of approximately 5,000 people.
The Namibian government has signed a 10-year water purchase agreement with WaterGen at $0.80 per ton, below the cost of local traditional desalination.
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