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| Research Coordination
Objectives: - Supply the framework and infrastructure for closer co-ordination of ADU-RES-related research, development and demonstration - Provide a communication platform for research actors in ADU-RES fields - Collect and disseminate news of developments and actions in the ADU-RES sector in the course of the co-ordination action - Networking of actors, NGOs and Governments with the objective to start commercial initiatives Expected Results:
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| Exploitation of R&D work and pilot installations
Objectives: - Capitalise on past research, development and demonstration activities on renewable energy based desalination - Identify key research results, research actors and demonstration sites - Identify research priorities Expected Results:
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| Consumer Demand and Financing
Objectives: - Provide a needs-oriented overview of the ADU-RES market and market potential - Provide the procedural and technological framework for the provision of ADU-RES solutions, oriented by the needs and requirements of user groups. Expected Results:
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| Cost Reduction Strategies
Objectives: - Identify and quantify the potential cost reductions in the water production from autonomous desalination technologies - Lay the foundations for a holistic conceptual design and costing of renewable energy based desalination units in the next steps of the project Expected Results:
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| Impact assessment: Gender, environment and health
Objectives: - Set out a comprehensive agenda for gender impact issues of ADU-RES technologies - Set out a comprehensive agenda for public health and safety issues of ADU-RES technologies - To set out a comprehensive agenda for environmental issues of ADU-RES technologies - Encourage holistic ADU-RES plant design Expected Results:
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| Further development of integrated plant design
Objectives: - Further develop integrated ADU-RES designs based on the results of the previous working steps - Provide the foundations for future pilot plant construction Expected Results:
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| Institutional and policy framework conditions
Objectives: - Provide expert support to policy-making and institutional capacity building actions - Assess the existing institutional and policy framework conditions for - Formulate recommendations for favourable legislation in EU and MPC Expected Results:
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| Information dissemination and exploitation
Objectives: - Maximise the impact of the project and the exploitation of results produced, in terms of awareness, information availability and market initiatives - Ensure a widespread circulation of reports, papers, methodology and guidelines amongst the research and industry communities - Reach policy makers and think-tanks, providing them with an invaluable source of expert analysis and recommendations for the promotion of ADU-RES - Create a general public awareness of the project’s activities - Create international consortia for the exploitation of design concepts and plans Expected Results:
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