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ACWA Power and EWEC announce the start of operations for the first phase of Al Taweelah IWP – United Arab Emirates

ACWA Power announced the commencement of operations for the first phase of Al Taweelah Independent Water Plant (IWP) with the production of 454.6 thousand cubic metres of desalinated water per day, reaching 50 percent capacity of the plant.

Connected to the Abu Dhabi network in December 2021, Al Taweelah now provides 100 million gallons of desalinated water per day, and will eventually reach 200 million gallons per day, making it the world’s largest RO facility with a capacity of 909,200 m³/day.

The plant supports the industries and the community at […]

ACWA Power and EWEC announce the start of operations for the first phase of Al Taweelah IWP – United Arab Emirates2022-12-11T23:28:57+01:00

PM hails cooperation with Saudi ACWA Power in water desalination – Egypt

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli hailed existing cooperation with the Saudi ACWA Power in water desalination domains.

The premier welcomed the Saudi company’s interest in injecting investments in water desalination, especially as Egypt has an ambitious plan for increasing the amount of desalinated water to reach 6 million cubic meters per day in the next few years.

Madbouli’s comments came during his meeting on Tuesday 21/6/2022 with ACWA Power Chairman Mohammad Abunayyan, in the presence of the company’s regional director Hassan Amin and Egyptian Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker.

PM hails cooperation with Saudi ACWA Power in water desalination – Egypt2022-06-22T14:33:30+02:00

Renewables desalination for Neom City – Saudi Arabia

Neom City is a futuristic city that the Saudi Arabian government plans to build in the country’s Tabuk region.

The $500 billion development will include a range of smart technologies and will serve as a “living laboratory and hub for innovation,” according to its planners. It will also be exclusively powered by renewable energy.

According to a new study by KAUST, renewables-powered desalination will play a key role in the city.

It will be critical to ensuring sustainable supplies of water through demand-side management (DSM).

Renewables desalination for Neom City – Saudi Arabia2022-12-11T23:29:01+01:00

Saudi utility issues RFPs for Rabigh-4 water project – Saudi Arabia

SWPC has announced that request for proposals (RFP) has been issued to all prequalified bidders to participate in a competitive tender for the Rabigh-4 (IWP).

A total of 39 utility project developer consortiums, including 21 local firms, had expressed their interests in developing the key RO seawater desalination plant, which on completion, will boast a potable water capacity of 600,000 cu m/day.

The project, to be located in Rabigh, 180 km northwest of Makkah, on the Red Sea coast in the kingdom’s western province, will include the desalination plant and […]

Saudi utility issues RFPs for Rabigh-4 water project – Saudi Arabia2022-12-11T23:29:05+01:00

Egypt’s Prime Minister inspects Al-Alamein to follow up on projects

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly visited the new city of Al-Alamein in an inspection tour to follow up on the development work being carried out there, especially in terms of utilities.

During the tour, Madbouly listened to Minister of Housing Assem Al-Jazzar review the volume of investments in the new city and explain that these investments are divided into three main sectors.

The first of which is utilities, which includes seawater desalination plants, tertiary treatment, power transformers, a gas reduction station, as well as sewage lift stations, and various utility networks.

Egypt’s Prime Minister inspects Al-Alamein to follow up on projects2022-12-11T23:30:00+01:00

NEOM to build renewable-powered desalination plant – Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s futuristic planned city NEOM plans to build a water desalination plant powered by renewable energy.

NEOM signed a MOU yesterday with the Japanese trading company Itochu and the French energy company Veolia to build a desalination facility powered completely from renewable energy.

NEOM plans for the facility to produce 500,000 cubic meters a day of water by early 2024, according to a press release.

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NEOM to build renewable-powered desalination plant – Saudi Arabia2022-12-11T23:29:08+01:00

First govt desalination plant for industries inaugurated in Dahej – India

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday inaugurated India’s first government desalination plant only for industrial use at Dahej in Bharuch with a capacity of 100 MLD set up at a cost of Rs 881 crore.

Addressing a gathering at the event, Patel said Gujarat has become a “growth engine” and added, “We have done exemplary work in providing basic facilities… Development of industries is necessary for the state.

Narendra Modi has started Vibrant Gujarat events and since then Gujarat industries have seen great development. We came across water shortage in […]

First govt desalination plant for industries inaugurated in Dahej – India2022-06-17T10:17:39+02:00

ACCIONA starts operation and maintenance of Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant in Saudi Arabia

ACCIONA has started the operation and maintenance of SWPC Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant, one of the largest in Saudi Arabia serving two million people.

The O&M contract has been awarded for 25 years. The IWP uses SWRO technology, which is more energy efficient than conventional thermal desalination.

Shuqaiq 3 is a key project in the modernization of the water sector that is being carried out by the SWPC.

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ACCIONA starts operation and maintenance of Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant in Saudi Arabia2022-12-11T23:29:13+01:00

EWEC receives four proposals for new Mirfa 2 reverse osmosis independent water project – United Arab Emirates

EWEC a leading company in the integrated coordination of planning, purchasing and supply of water and electricity across the UAE, today announced receipt of four proposals from Acciona, ACWA Power, Engie and GS Inima, for the development of its new Mirfa 2 RO IWP.

The M2 RO project will see the selected bidder developing, financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and owning a standalone brownfield RO seawater desalination plant.

Two proposals from each company were received, one for a capacity of 80 MIGD, equivalent to 363,680 m3/day, sufficient to meet the water […]

EWEC receives four proposals for new Mirfa 2 reverse osmosis independent water project – United Arab Emirates2022-06-15T14:56:57+02:00

Sisi lauds Egyptian water conservation programs as Nile dam progresses – Egypt

At the first Africa Health ExCon, which kicked off in Cairo on June 5, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi recently stated that his country is not in conflict with other African countries over its share of the Nile water.

Sisi noted that his country’s historical share, an estimated 55 billion cubic meters, has been unchanged over the years.

Sisi said, “Despite our population increase, we have not engaged in any conflict with our African brothers to increase this share.

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Sisi lauds Egyptian water conservation programs as Nile dam progresses – Egypt2022-12-11T23:29:15+01:00
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