All 3 of CT’s desalination plants finally up and running – Cape Town – South Africa After months of delays, all three of Cape Town’s desalination plants are up and running. The City of Cape Town says its various water projects are now all on track. The city is still in the midst of a drought. There’ve been many delays at the Monwabisi desalination because of a dispute between the city and the local community. Residents were demanding that more of them be employed at the facility. It was the last plant to be brought online. (LINK). All 3 of CT’s desalination plants finally up and running – Cape Town – South AfricaDME GmbH2018-08-31T10:20:34+02:00
EU builds photovoltaic energy field to power Southern Gaza Desalination Plant.-Gaza The EU has completed the construction of the biggest photovoltaic energy field in Gaza, Palestine, which will fuel the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant. The Southern Gaza Desalination Plant was funded by the EU and currently provides safe, clean drinking water for 75,000 inhabitants of Gaza. Now powered by the new photovoltaic energy field, and the external investments it is expected to generate, the plant could provide water for more than 250,000 people in Gaza by 2020. (LINK). EU builds photovoltaic energy field to power Southern Gaza Desalination Plant.-GazaDME GmbH2018-08-03T11:15:52+02:00
Desalination plant could be coming to Ingleside.-Ingleside The City of Ingleside announced Wednesday they have an agreement with a company that wants to build a desalination plant on Corpus Christi Bay. Although the site has not yet been picked for the desal plant, it will cost about $800 million to build. However, no taxpayer money will be used. The City has signed a public-private partnership agreement with Poseidon Water based in Boston who will build the desalination plant and sell the water to the San Patricio County Water District and individual companies. Mayor Ronnie Parker said a stable water supply is what companies consider most important. Desalination plant could be coming to Ingleside.-InglesideDME GmbH2018-08-02T12:51:03+02:00
Nuclear Operators Scramble To Make Reactors Flexible Enough For New Energy Economy – Arizona – USA Arizona Public Service is studying the possibility of using excess energy from its Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant, when solar energy is flooding the grid, to desalinate brackish water. In Illinois, Exelon is looking at repurposing a reactor to produce hydrogen when there’s plenty of wind energy on the grid, then using the hydrogen for steelmaking, ammonia production or fuel-cell vehicles. Across the country, nuclear operators are trying to figure out whether they can ramp down their reactors, which are optimized to run at maximum capacity, during those hours or seasons when renewable energy is abundant. (LINK). Nuclear Operators Scramble To Make Reactors Flexible Enough For New Energy Economy – Arizona – USADME GmbH2018-08-30T08:17:40+02:00
Japanese players enter debut facility in Oman.-Japan A project to build a seawater desalination plant in Oman has secured US$114mn from a number of Japanese banks with cover from Japan’s export credit agency Nexi.MUFG Bank, SMBC and Shinsei Bank will extend the loan to the Al Asilah Desalination Company in the form of project finance. Currently under design, the project is expected to launch operations in 2021. Thereafter it will sell approximately 80,000m³ desalinated water a day for over 20 years to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company, the single buyer of power and water for all IPP/IWPP projects within the Sultanate of Oman. Japanese players enter debut facility in Oman.-JapanDME GmbH2018-07-30T22:06:03+02:00
Antigua to replace all reverse osmosis membranes.-Antigua The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) is to replace all the membranes at its reverse osmosis plants to improve productivity, reports Antigua Observer. Antigua and Barbuda is seeking to replace all its reverse osmosis membranes. The move is expected to cost in the region of $180,000 per facility. (LINK). Antigua to replace all reverse osmosis membranes.-AntiguaDME GmbH2018-07-30T00:20:18+02:00
Cyprus urgently needs solar desalination.-Cyprus Another year, another drought, reservoirs less than a quarter full, water being rationed. This is not a one off. Due to climate change it is a process that has become quite frequent around the East Med and in Cyprus. The recent climate change conference organised by the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia in May, concluded that without arresting climate change, the average temperature in the Eastern Mediterranean will rise steadily, and if the world carries on as usual it is expected to exceed 4°C by the end of the century. Generally, the region is expected to have much drier, warmer […] Cyprus urgently needs solar desalination.-CyprusDME GmbH2018-07-28T23:14:52+02:00
Saudi Arabia’s solar panel market to grow at 30% with new projects.-Saudi New projects such as $200-billion 200 GW solar power plant and the $130-million Al Khafji solar-powered water desalination plant would drive Saudi Arabia’s solar panel market to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 30.2 per cent during 2018-24, a report said. Additionally, in the FY2019 national budget, the Saudi government has allocated $7 billion for the development of renewable energy projects, added the study titled “Saudi Arabia Solar Panel Market (2018-2024)” from 6Wresearch, a global market research and consulting firm. (LINK). Saudi Arabia’s solar panel market to grow at 30% with new projects.-SaudiDME GmbH2018-07-27T23:29:04+02:00
Toray creates fibre for purifying blood.-Japan Japanese fibre manufacturer, Toray, recently announced that it has created a new fibre adsorbent for purifying blood. The fibre selectively eliminates bio-targets, such as cells and proteins, by controlling the surface morphology and chemical structure of sea-island composite fibre through the application of synthetic fibre spinning technology. (LINK). Toray creates fibre for purifying blood.-JapanDME GmbH2018-07-27T23:17:14+02:00
Penghu’s 5th desalination plant to operate by the end of the year.-Taiwan Taiwan Water Corp. confirmed Tuesday that it expects the fifth desalination plant in Penghu County to be completed by the end of the year, though a government official suggested there was still a hurdle to overcome. The construction of the desalination plant, initially planned to be completed in May 2018, was later scheduled to be finished by the end of 2018, and that target remains in place, the company said in a statement. But Public Construction Commission chief Wu Tse-cheng (吳澤成), who was in Penghu on Tuesday to check on the project’s progress, urged Taiwan Water to overcome horizontal […] Penghu’s 5th desalination plant to operate by the end of the year.-TaiwanDME GmbH2018-07-27T11:08:27+02:00