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The windmill drives a pump. This the simple is the concept behind a new form of desalinization device developed by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in The Netherlands. A high-pressure pump pushes water through a membrane using approximately 60 bar. This reverse osmosis membrane produces fresh water from seawater directly.
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