Prof. Peng WANG and his team of Water Desalination and Reuse Center have been interviewed and reported by mass media for their recent innovative solar panel which produces electricity and clean water simultaneously. Below is a list of media reporting the achievement.

BBC News
Climate change: Water and green energy produced by a single device

BBC Radio
'Free' water and electricity for the world?

Forbes
New Solar Panel Innovation Simultaneously Generates Electricity and Purifies Water

Global Citizens
This Green Device Could Bring Power and Clean Water to the World's Most Vulnerable

Arab News
Saudi invention holds immense promise for a water-scarce world

Arab News
Kingdom Turns on the Tap for a Water-Scarce World

Arab News
How Saudi Arabia plans to meet the water needs of holy sites

KAWA
Desalination, the future of water management?

Popular Mechanics
Solar Panels Could Make Saltwater Safe for Farming

PV Magazine
Clean water and electricity from one system

The Statesman
Nature to the rescue

UPI
New solar panel produces electricity and clean water

Nature自然科研 (Chinese, 中文)
一边净水一边发电的太阳能装置 | 《自然-通讯》

Sina 新浪科技 (Chinese, 中文)
一边发电一边造淡水 这个装置是沙漠标配了

明報 (Chinese, 中文)
太陽能發電裝置兼濾水 盼造福全球百萬人

TechNews 科技新報 (Chinese, 中文)
既能發電又能產生淨水，多功能太陽能設備登場

A comprehensive article has been published in Nature Communications with the title "Simultaneous production of fresh water and electricity via multistage solar photovoltaic membrane distillation" to describe the research.

New Nature Index ranks KAUST among world leaders. This represents a normalized ranking of institutions with the highest outputs of top-quality research — placing KAUST as first in Saudi Arabia and in the global top twenty. https://www.kaust.edu.sa/…/new-nature-index-ranks-kaust-amo… #NatureIndex #research #highered

Members of the KAUST Alumni China Chapter recently gathered in Hong Kong in May 2019. Batian Chen, PhD '16, and wife Yuanfang Hou, PhD '16, travelled from Guangzhou to participate. The group enjoyed reflecting on their special time living on the KAUST campus.