One of desalination facilities I think is actually solar powered. It mix of evaporative desalination with power generation (giant tower that a bunch of mirrors

One of desalination facilities I think is actually solar powered. It mix of evaporative desalination with power generation (giant tower that a bunch of mirrors focus light one). Not sure if it's in production now. But in general in Israel solar has a couple of problems: very dusty (sand storms) and local electrical company which tends to create problems