Uddhav Thackeray clears Mumbai’s first desalination plant – India Mumbai is all set to get its first desalination plant with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday giving the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) the go-ahead to set up a plant. The proposed plant, which will process 200 million litres of water daily (MLD), will come up at Manori and is being set up to overcome the water shortage faced by Mumbai in the months of May and June. Thackeray said that the desalination project would provide relief to the citizens in tackling the 10 to 15 per […] Uddhav Thackeray clears Mumbai’s first desalination plant – IndiaDME GmbH2020-11-24T16:56:43+01:00
Solar-powered desalination system commissioned in Cape Coast, Ghana – Ghana A solar-powered desalination system has been commissioned in Cape Coast, the capital city of the Central Region of south Ghana, after 24 months of research and development. The facility is specifically situated at the Philip Quaque School, the oldest school in the West African country. This location was chosen with the help of Technik ohne Grenzen e.V and the local people. The project was developed by Grino Water Solutions, which with the help of Safeflex way water technologies Limited was able to construct a borehole from which a pump drags about […] Solar-powered desalination system commissioned in Cape Coast, Ghana – GhanaDME GmbH2020-11-23T15:07:45+01:00
$400mln mega water projects to come up in Oman – Oman South Korean-based global construction heavyweight GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C) has announced that consortiums led by its wholly-owned Spanish subsidiary, GS Inima, have secured mandates to build a pair of major Independent Water Projects (IWPs) in the Sultanate with a combined investment of over $400 million. The first of these water desalination schemes will come up at Ghubrah in Muscat Governorate, while the other is planned at Barka in South Al Batinah Governorate. Wholly financed, developed and operated by the private sector, both projects will help meet robust […] $400mln mega water projects to come up in Oman – OmanDME GmbH2020-11-22T15:45:32+01:00
Egypt is EBRD’s largest investment country through 2025 – Managing director for SEMED – Egypt In its annual meeting held in October, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved its next five-year strategy, putting Egypt as the bank’s biggest investment country through 2025. During her visit to Egypt in November, Managing Director for the EBRD’s Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region Heike Harmgart shared with Ahram Online in an exclusive interview the key pillars of the bank’s new strategy and how Egypt is expected to benefit from the scheme. She also unveiled the amount of finances Egypt has received from the bank […] Egypt is EBRD’s largest investment country through 2025 – Managing director for SEMED – EgyptDME GmbH2020-11-21T15:24:56+01:00
Toray to Supply RO Membrane for Desalination Plants in Bahrain, UAE – Bahrain Toray Industries has recently announced that it has been awarded orders for the supply of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane for the Al Dur 2 Desalination Plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain and Umm Al Quwain Desalination Plant in the United Arab Emirates. While the combined water production capacity of the two plants will amass 911,000 m3/day, the Umm Al Quwain Desalination Plant alone will hold one of the world’s largest capacity with 681,000 m3/day fresh water production. The supply of RO membranes and technical services to the plants […] Toray to Supply RO Membrane for Desalination Plants in Bahrain, UAE – BahrainDME GmbH2020-11-20T10:38:20+01:00
ACCIONA uses digital twin technology to start up Al-Khobar 1 desalination plant – Saudi Arabia An ACCIONA team in Madrid has for the first time tested and commissioned a desalination plant thousands of miles away in Saudi Arabia using “Digital Twin” technology. The Digital Twin – an exact digital copy of the Al-Khobar 1 Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) plant in Saudi Arabia – allowed a specialist team in Madrid to begin testing and commissioning at the plant remotely, with only minimal staff on site. The technology allowed the commissioning of the plant to remain on schedule in spite of the travel restrictions […] ACCIONA uses digital twin technology to start up Al-Khobar 1 desalination plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-11-19T09:08:25+01:00
Grino installs a solar-powered desalination system in Cape Coast – Ghana At least 1,000 people are currently benefiting from a desalination system that has just been installed in the coastal city of Cape Coast, Central Province, Ghana. This is the result of a pilot project implemented by Grino Water Solutions, a start-up based in Nuremberg, Germany. The system consists of an 8m3 per day borehole that pumps salt water. It is powered by a photovoltaic solar system consisting of 24 panels. (LINK). Grino installs a solar-powered desalination system in Cape Coast – GhanaDME GmbH2020-11-18T15:58:13+01:00
Purdue-led team named quarterfinalist in DOE solar innovation contest (TDnews) – Indiana A Purdue University innovator and his team are among the quarterfinalists in a national solar desalination innovation contest. They received the recognition for a technology to use solar power to purify high salinity water, such as treating desalination brine or produced water from oil and gas extraction. The team includes two company partners, NiekAab Desal, with efforts led by Ali Amiri, and Focused Sun, with their efforts led by Shawn Buckley. Purdue-led team named quarterfinalist in DOE solar innovation contest (TDnews) – IndianaDME GmbH2020-11-17T15:06:04+01:00
Morocco to receive a loan for construction of two seawater desalination stations – Morocco The government of Morocco is set to receive an over US$ 5.9M loan from its Spanish counterpart for the construction of two seawater desalination stations in the towns of Assa Zag in the economic region of Guelmim-Oued Noun and Moulay Brahim in Al Haouz Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region. Approved by the Council of Ministers on Tuesday the 3rd of November this year, the credit facility will be granted by the Official Credit Institute (Spanish; Instituto de Crédito Oficial: ICO) which is a Spanish lending institution that also operates as State Financial Agency, through […] Morocco to receive a loan for construction of two seawater desalination stations – MoroccoDME GmbH2020-11-16T15:28:34+01:00
Egypt to partner with private sector in building four water desalination plants – Egypt Egypt will announce four new seawater desalination plants in partnership with the private sector in January 2021, the Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait, said. A desalination plant will be established in Matrouh’s Hamam City with a capacity of 190,000 cubic metres per day and three other plants will be built in Safaga, El-Quseir, and Marsa Alam with capacities ranging between 20,000 and 40,000 cubic metres per day, Maait added in a statement on Thursday. The country is planning to establish 19 seawater desalination plants between 2020 and 2025 to […] Egypt to partner with private sector in building four water desalination plants – EgyptDME GmbH2020-11-15T14:54:48+01:00