The ground-breaking ceremony for the Casablanca-Settat seawater desalination plant, the largest of its kind in Morocco, took place early on January 23, 2024. The plant, which will supply 300 million m3 of water per year by 2030, is being built by Spain’s Acciona Group, in consortium with Moroccan companies Afriquia Gaz and Green of Africa, both subsidiaries of the Awca Group.
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„Until now, the investment value for the water desalination program has not yet been determined because the City Government is evaluating the water flow requirements required. Even though there is a water shortage in Balikpapan in the range of 200-500 liters per second, the exact investment figure is still being determined.
The UAE plants are expected to provide 300,000 Gazans with treated water daily. While that alone is not enough, it is an important step in relieving the suffering of Palestinians after Israel largely cut water, electricity and food supplies to the enclave after the Hamas attack on October 7.
Cape Town – The City of Cape Town’s R240m temporary desalination plant at Strandfontein Pavilion is on track, but it will only start producing the first two million litres of an expected seven million a day in March.
ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor, and operator of power generation, water desalination, and green hydrogen plants worldwide, along with Haji Abdullah Alireza & Co (HAACO) and Al Moayyed Contracting Group (AMCG), announced the signing of an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with a consortium of Power China, SEPCOIII, and WETICO for the 600,000 m3/day Rabigh 4 Independent Water Plant (IWP) project.
Saudi renewable energy company Acwa Power has inaugurated Jubail 3A , the first independent water desalination plant. This was announced by the economic information website „Trade Arabia“, according to which the plant was built together with the Gulf Investment Corporation (Gic) and the company Al Bawani Water & Power (Awp). The $650 million project, conceived by the Kingdom’s water desalination company, Jazlah, and located in Jubail, in the east of the country, is the first of its kind thanks to its integration with photovoltaic energy. The innovative plant is also the first independent water project in the eastern region with a production capacity of 600,000 […]
In this context, he noted that the current stock of water in dams was estimated at 720 million m3 as of Friday. However, he pointed out that this was still some 200 million cubic metres less than at the same time last year.
Developed in partnership between Veolia and TotalEnergies, the solar plant is a significant step toward decarbonization efforts in the region, as it is expected to reduce approximately 27,200 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, equivalent to the emissions from roughly 6,000 internal combustion engine-powered vehicles over the same period.
The first stage of the Alkimos desalination plant will cost $2.8 billion — nearly double the $1.6 billion included in Water Corporation’s development application for the vital piece of infrastructure.
The UNRWA also said that the desalination plant will also cease functioning. The water quality of Gaza has diminished and 90 per cent water was not suited for drinking purposes even before the war commenced.