The International Renewable Energy Agency has published a technology brief on Salinity Gradient Power (SGP), where it recognises the potential for this technology to play an important role in the future power system.

Several RED Heat-to-Power partners presented at Euromembrane 2015 their latest project work, while they were getting updates on the latest developments in the field of Ion Exchange Membranes.

The Desaltech conference in San Diego, USA in August 2015 covered R&D on several emerging desalination technologies which are less energy intensive than the state-of-the-art and offer further opportunities for integration with renewable energy.