EWEC’s statement report also forecasts the need to proceed with the development of two low-carbon intensive RO desalination plants, Mirfa 2 Reverse Osmosis, which will have the capacity to produce 120MIGD of potable water, and the Shuweihat 4 Reverse Osmosis, with a production capacity of 70MIGD.
ACWA Power, HAACO and AMCG consortium is the preferred bidder for the 600,000 m3/day desalination project
Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), the principal off-taker for water and wastewater projects in Saudi Arabia, on Monday named the consortium of ACWA Power, Haji Abdullah Alireza & Co (HAACO) and Al Moayyed Contracting Group (AMCG) as the
The process is energy-intensive and expensive, and it has a large environmental footprint. It produces greenhouse gases as well as concentrated salts, known as brine, which are pumped back into the oceans and are detrimental to the marine environment. For every litre of water produced, the process creates about 1.5 litres of brine. These factors limit the expansion of desalination and its ability to keep up with the rising demand for potable water in Gulf countries including the UAE.
The company’s dominance of regional desal markets is set to continue, after it was last week named as preferred bidder for the 600,000m3/d Rabigh 4 facility in Saudi Arabia.
UK researchers have proposed the use of photovoltaic-thermal energy for desalination purposes, via an approach based on synergistic electro-thermal coupling mechanisms. They have found that some system configurations could offer a lower levelized cost of desalinated water, in addition to higher efficiencies.
Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), the principal off-taker for water and wastewater projects in Saudi Arabia, has named the consortium of ACWA Power, Haji Abdullah Alireza & Co (HAACO) and Al Moayyed Contracting Group (AMCG) as the preferred bidder for its Rabigh 4 Independent Water Plant (IWP) project.
The project, located in Rabigh, 180 kilometres northwest of Makkah, on the Red Sea coast, involves the construction and operation of a 600,000 cubic metres per day (m3/day) desalination project and storage tanks with a total capacity of 1,200,000 m3 as well as extension and connection to […]
The project entails construction of a desalination plant in the locality of Gargour, located 20 km from the city of Sfax. The plant will have a capacity of 100,000 m³ per day. The water treated in the plant will be stored in a reservoir.
The project also includes the construction of a pumping station and the laying of pipelines to bring drinking water to the city of Sfax. Sonede intends to double the plant’s capacity (200,000 m³ of water per day) in the future.
Phase one of the project require an overall […]
Wetico, a leading Saudi integrated solutions provider in water and wastewater sector, has announced that it has secured contracts for two seawater desalination plants in the Algerian cities of El Taref and Bejaia, each with a 300,000-cu-m-per-day capacity.
Mirfa 2 Reverse Osmosis will become the UAE’s third largest low-carbon intensive RO plant once fully operational, said a statement.
M2 RO will desalinate seawater using low-carbon intensive RO technology to produce up to 120 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of potable water, equivalent to approximately 550,000 cu m per day, sufficient to meet the water demand of up to 210,000 households in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
The plant will treat water fed from the Red Sea into demineralised water to feed high-pressure steam boilers as well as low-salinity water for cooling towers.
The delivery of the plant is expected in Q1 2024.
The plant will have an overall footprint of a football stadium with a total capacity of 30,000m³ per day.