Keppel Seghers and Zhen Hua sign contract for Hong Kongâs Integrated Waste Management Facility – Hong Kong – China
Keppel Seghers Hong Kong Limited and Zhen Hua Engineering Co. Ltd. (Zhen Hua), the wholly owned subsidiaries of Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd (Keppel Infrastructure) and China Harbour Engineering Company Limited respectively, have signed the HKD 31 billion (approx. SGD 5.3 billion) contract with the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to design, build and operate Hong Kongâs first Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) off the coast of Shek Kwu Chau and south of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. As Keppel had announced on 1 December 2017, the contract for the IWMF was [âŠ]
Scientists are looking for new ways to desalinate water using energy resources that reduce dependence on dwindling fossil fuels
Harnessing solar and geothermal energy for desalination.
The Middle East relies heavily on fossil fuels to drive modern desalination technologies that are used to grow food. Currently only 1 percent of desalinated water comes from renewable resources. Intermittent or low energy supplies are a problem for agricultural settings, where grid networks may not always stretch. Better ways to capture and store renewable energy resources could increase the sustainability of using desalinated water, making it cheaper and easier to use. âThis is a moment of innovation. You can see that in Saudi Arabia, in Oman, in the Emirates and [âŠ]