Spain’s Abengoa to build large scale desalination plant in Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia Abengoa S.A. has been selected, in a consortium with engineering and construction company SEPCOIII, to construct a 600,000-m3/d desalination plant for Acwa Power. The value of Abengoa’s scope in the project exceeds $200 million Specifically, the company will be responsible for the engineering, supply and construction of the Jubail 3A reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant, in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia, in the northeast of the country. With a capacity of 600,000 m3/d, this plant will be the second […] Spain’s Abengoa to build large scale desalination plant in Saudi Arabia – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-04-06T14:44:15+02:00
Spanish consortium wins Saudi water desalination project – Saudi Arabia Spain’s Abengoa has announced that it has been awarded a contract to build the second largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. The project will be carried out in consortium with engineering and construction company Sepco III. Under the terms of the contract, Abengoa will be responsible for the engineering, supply and construction of the Jubail 3A reverse osmosis desalination plant, which will be located in the Kingdom’s eastern province. (LINK). Spanish consortium wins Saudi water desalination project – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-04-05T15:14:39+02:00
Govt lied over Teshie Desalination project – Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government lied about the Teshie Desalination project that was started by the previous NDC administration, Member of Parliament for Bodi and a former Deputy Minister Water Resources, Works and Housing, Sampson Ahi, has said. Mr Ahi has therefore, asked the president to apologise to Ghananins. His comments come in the wake of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) asking the operators of the Teshie Desalination plant to operate at full capacity to help […] Govt lied over Teshie Desalination project – GhanaDME GmbH2020-04-04T16:41:34+02:00
Abengoa consortium wins Saudi desalination project contract – Saudi Arabia Spanish group Abengoa said its consortium with the engineering and construction company Sepco III, has been awarded a contract to build the second largest reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. The contract for the 600,000-cu-m per day desalination plant was awarded by Acwa Power, a company leader in the development, investment, ownership and operation of energy generation and desalinated water. Besides Acwa Power, the developer consortium includes Gulf Investment Corporation and Al Bawani Water & Power Company. On completion, […] Abengoa consortium wins Saudi desalination project contract – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-04-03T14:05:09+02:00
Unsung Heroes: Carlsbad’s desalination plant workers – California The Carlsbad Desalination Plant turns seawater into clean safe drinking water. In an effort to keep delivering 50 million gallons of fresh water to the county daily the plant has gone on complete lockdown.As of March 19, 10 workers volunteered to quarantine themselves inside the Carlsbad plant for the next three weeks. The company said workers will continue to monitor and adjust gauges and switches, watching for leaks – doing whatever is needed to safeguard San Diego County’s only significant local source of drinking water. […] Unsung Heroes: Carlsbad’s desalination plant workers – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-04-02T16:08:59+02:00
AIIB in lending syndicate to Oman solar power project – Oman THE Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is amongst the lenders on the 500MW Ibri II solar power project in Oman. Last week lead sponsor ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia announced that it had reached financial close on the project, via a US$275 million senior debt facility with a maturity of 16.5 years. The six mandated lead banks are AIIB, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank Muscat, Riyad Bank, Siemens Bank, and Warba Bank. AIIB is providing US$60 million. (LINK). AIIB in lending syndicate to Oman solar power project – OmanDME GmbH2020-04-01T14:17:13+02:00
Major southwestern city water supplies – Colorado For Phoenix, it’s water is supplied through surface water sources. The northern end of the city gets water from the Central Arizona Project, which is supplied by the Colorado River and Lake Mead. The southern end gets its water from the Salt River Project. Las Vegas gets 90% of its water from the Colorado River and Lake Mead and 10% from groundwater sources. The groundwater supplies up to 25% during the hot summer months when demand is high. In 1971 Las Vegas with a population of […] Major southwestern city water supplies – ColoradoDME GmbH2020-03-31T16:46:36+02:00
Midkiff farmer, Encore Green team on produced water project – Texas Amid talk of trying to expand the market for the water that’s produced alongside crude oil and natural gas beyond the oil patch, one company is putting its words into action. Wyoming-based Encore Green Environmental had visited the Produced Water Society Permian Basin’s conference last August to promote its idea of pairing the oil and gas and agriculture industries, sparking the interest of Cody Wilson and his S&S Wilson Farms in Midkiff. Today, the two are moving forward with a project that […] Midkiff farmer, Encore Green team on produced water project – TexasDME GmbH2020-03-29T17:27:51+02:00
Solar-driven water desalination system for Maasai villages A pilot plant was installed at a saline well in the Tanzanian Maasai village of Ndedo and supplies the population with 2000 litres of drinking water per day. The plants are complete systems in which the water is cleaned of dirt particles, bacteria and viruses in preliminary stage and treated with self-generated chlorine in a post-treatment stage for sterile storage in a water tank. The core of system is based on the membrane process of electrodialysis. (LINK). Solar-driven water desalination system for Maasai villagesDME GmbH2020-03-28T15:12:18+01:00
Solar-driven water desalination system for Maasai village, Tanzania – Tanzania Together with nine other European project partners, Phaesun is developing innovative desalination systems based on electrodialysis technology as part of the EU development and innovation project REvivED Water. In February 2020, a pilot plant was installed at a saline well in the Tanzanian Maasai village of Ndedo and supplies the population with 2000 litres of drinking water per day. The plants are complete systems in which the water is cleaned of dirt particles, bacteria and viruses in a preliminary stage and treated […] Solar-driven water desalination system for Maasai village, Tanzania – TanzaniaDME GmbH2020-03-26T16:01:26+01:00