In 2022, Acwa Power added 5.44 gigawatts of power generation capacity and 600,000 cubic metres per day of water desalination capacity in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uzbekistan after signing new agreements, the largest capacity additions in a single year in the company’s history.
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) expects the initial operation of the first floating desalination barge, near Al Shuqaiq Port, on the western coast of Saudi Arabia, to start in Q2 2023, according to a statement to Tadawul.
Mr Harris said the two plants planned for Cornwall’s south coast would provide about 60 megalitres – or 60 million litres – a day.
Cornwall uses about 170 megalitres a day, meaning more than a third of its water could come from desalination if the plants go ahead.
ACWA Power’s Jazlah Water Desalination Co. has received the commercial operation certificate from its customer Saudi Water Partnership Co. for the production of 600,000 cubic meters of desalinated water per day.
The low-interest loan is intended to help the plant’s owner, Poseidon Resources, satisfy state regulations for protecting fish and other marine life at the Claude “Bud” Lewis plant. The money, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is estimated to save ratepayers about $54 million.
The proposal would develop a plant capable of generating 20 million gallons of water per day in the Barney Davis Power Plant area, near Flour Bluff.
The 4th MENA Desalination Projects 2023 Report details how a total of $39.3 billion is currently being spent on desalination projects across the region, whether planned or already underway. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are investing the most of these countries, with a total of $14.58 billion and $10.28 billion worth of projects, respectively. According to the U.S.-Saudi Council, as much as 60 percent of the Kingdom’s water came from desalination in 2019, the majority of which was produced by the government-run Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC).
One of the plants, in Hsinchu City, is scheduled to begin trial operations in the middle of this month and provide 9,000 tonnes of water per day to the city by the end of this month, the agency said in a statement.
Construction of the other plant, in Kaohsiung, is almost complete, it said, adding that the plant is likely to begin trial operations by the end of the month.
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The plant will use reverse-osmosis technology to treat up to 100 million liters a day of seawater for the chemicals industry. It adds to Suez’s existing desalination projects in China and Australia, the company said.
Mr Harris said the two plants planned for Cornwall’s south coast would provide about 60 megalitres – or 60 million litres – a day.
Cornwall uses about 170 megalitres a day, meaning more than a third of its water could come from desalination if the plants go ahead.