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Seawater Greenhouse Pilot Project - Canary Islands (1994)

The first pilot project commenced in 1992 with the search for a test site which was eventually found on the Canary Island of Tenerife, once known as the 'Garden of the Gods', but now arid and seriously damaged by excessive abstraction of ground water. A prototype Seawater Greenhouse was assembled in the UK and constructed on the site in Tenerife. The results from this pilot project validated the concept and demonstrated the potential for other arid regions. The Seawater Greenhouse for Arid Lands project in Tenerife had scientific objectives to design, develop and demonstrate a cost effective means of producing both crops and pure water in hot, arid coastal regions. The project exploits both the high solar radiation and prevailing wind to drive the most of the processes. In addition to a crop grown inside the greenhouse, a shade tent provided shelter for nursery plants and an outdoor planting scheme was maintained, with the supply of fresh water as well as having protection from the structure of the greenhouse itself.