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Synthetic, light-driven proton pump has the added potential capability to desalinate with direct solar power

By binding photosensitive dyes to common plastic membranes and adding water, chemists at the University of California, Irvine have made a new type of solar power generator. The device is similar to familiar silicon photovoltaic cells but differs in a fundamental way: Instead of being produced via electrons, its electricity comes from the motion of ions. Dubbed the “synthetic, light-driven proton pump” by its creators, the innovation – because of its ionic basis – has the added potential capability of taking the salt out of seawater. “The materials used to make such a device can be dirt-cheap,” said Shane […]

Synthetic, light-driven proton pump has the added potential capability to desalinate with direct solar power2017-12-15T13:51:19+01:00

Acwa Power, Veolia and Oman-based Dhofar International Development and Investment Holding Company (DIDIC) has been awarded the Salalah Independent Water Project in Oman

Acwa Power, a major developer and operator of power and desalinated water plants, said its consortium with French water and energy management company Veolia and Oman-based Dhofar International Development and Investment Holding Company (DIDIC) has been awarded the Salalah Independent Water Project in Oman. The project is being procured by Oman Power and Water Procurement Company SAOC (OPWP) under a build-own-operate framework on the back of a 20-year Water Purchase Agreement. Dhofar Desalination Company, the project company, will be owned by Acwa Power, Veolia Middle East and Dhofar International Development & Investment Holding (Didic). The plant, to be located […]

Acwa Power, Veolia and Oman-based Dhofar International Development and Investment Holding Company (DIDIC) has been awarded the Salalah Independent Water Project in Oman2017-12-15T13:50:35+01:00

Jeddah and Makkah region’s water infrastructure to be expanded at a cost of SR9 billion

The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) signed several contracts aimed at increasing water supply to some governorates in the Makkah region as well as ensuring supply to areas without water at a cost of more than SR9 billion ($2.4 billion). The projects include the construction of the desalination plant in Jeddah (phase 4) with reverse osmosis (RO) at Shoaiba, the transfer of technology and the purchase of produced water through the establishment of a multi-desalination plant at the Shoaiba power and desalination plant, the Shoaiba Mina water transfer system (B). The second phase in Taif, manufacture and supply of […]

Jeddah and Makkah region’s water infrastructure to be expanded at a cost of SR9 billion2017-12-15T13:50:22+01:00

Thermal desal unit planned in Tuticorin power plant – Chennai – India

Thermal power plants are major water guzzlers, exerting tremendous pressure on fresh water resources. So, to find a solution to this complex problem in which one can’t decide between power and water, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is advocating the concept of producing their own water with the help of a cheaper and reliable Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) technology developed by the Chennai-based National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT). M Rajeevan Nair, secretary, MoES, told Express that the government was planning to use the LTTD technology in all thermal plants located close to the coast. The […]

Thermal desal unit planned in Tuticorin power plant – Chennai – India2017-12-07T09:23:19+01:00

Parched Santiago de Cuba works to make seawater potable – Santiago de Cuba – Cuba

Severe, cyclical drought has led the coastal Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba to turn to an abundant though unlikely resource: seawater. About 20 kilometers inland from Cuba’s second-largest city, home to nearly half a million people, a modern desalination plant is in the trial stages. Experts are making adjustments to the facility and verifying the quality of the processed water, which is intended to supply some 34,000 residents at a rate of 50 liters per second. The 20 million U.S. dollar plant, situated on the foothills of eastern Cuba’s Sierra Maestra Mountains, at the entrance to Cabanas Cove, […]

Parched Santiago de Cuba works to make seawater potable – Santiago de Cuba – Cuba2017-12-07T09:15:58+01:00

US company Oasys Water to sale forward osmosis (FO) technology IP after cash-flow issue

US company Oasys Water is exploring a sale of its forward osmosis (FO) technology IP after its cash-flow has run dry. The company became a much-needed success story for the niche FO technology, winning numerous industry awards and securing multiple rounds of funding. So what happened? The company was founded in 2008 by Rob McGinnis, developing technology which began at Yale University under Dr Menachem Elimelech. McGinnis then directed technology development as CTO until 2012. The firm closed $10 million in Series A financing in 2009 and raised a further $15 million in Series B funding five years later […]

US company Oasys Water to sale forward osmosis (FO) technology IP after cash-flow issue2017-12-07T08:43:07+01:00

Geothermal energy project also for desalination, MOU signed – Santorini – Greece

… Last week, it was announced that the development of the geothermal fields of (the island of) Santorini and the management of the urban waste of the region goes to PPC Renewables following a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Deputy Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Nektarios Santorinis , Mayor of Thera, Anastasios-Nikolaos Zorzos and the CEO of PPC Renewables , Elias Monachia and approved by the Municipal Council of Thira. More specifically, PPC Renewables will undertake the possibility of developing geothermal energy on the island for power generation, heating, cooling, seawater desalination and use for hot springs. […]

Geothermal energy project also for desalination, MOU signed – Santorini – Greece2017-12-07T08:32:10+01:00

LAPSSET Authority to build Kshs 350 million desalination plant in Lamu – Kenya

The LAPSSET Authority has revealed plans to build a Sh 350 million desalination plant in Lamu by next year in a bid to alleviate poor water supply in the county. The desalination plant will be built and completed within 18 months after its launch next year, and is expected to supply at least 3,000 cubic metres of water daily once completed. LAPSSET Authority Director General Sylvester Kasuku made these remarks today in Lamu as he and Authority board members met Lamu County government officials. Kasuku said the authority is currently carrying out a study of where to locate the […]

LAPSSET Authority to build Kshs 350 million desalination plant in Lamu – Kenya2017-12-07T08:23:05+01:00

Peru building Lima’s first desalination plant

A Spanish concessionaire began construction on Lima’s first desalination plant, part of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s bid to increase public spending in water infrastructure. The 308mn-sol (US$95mn) Provisur project in Lima’s Santa María district will benefit 100,000 residents in four seaside districts on the southern outskirts of the capital, state water utility Sedapal said in a statement. The 24-month initiative involves the 400lt/sec desalination plant, 260km of piping, a 180lt/sec sewerage treatment plant and a 780m underwater discharge pipeline, according to Sedapal. The facility will cover the districts of Punta Hermosa, Punta Negra, San Bartolo and Santa María, which […]

Peru building Lima’s first desalination plant2017-12-07T08:15:51+01:00

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved a loan of $300 million for the establishment of a water desalination plant in Ain Sokhna – Egypt

… Mamish added that the new contract with EBRD is a result of his last visits to Germany and the U.K.“The loan will be allocated for the project’s feasibility study, the environmental studies and the implementation of the new plant,” Mamish revealed. According to Mamish, EBRD’s directors appreciated the SCZone, placing it among its priorities during the coming period. An alliance of five shipping lines that earlier this year had ceased East Port Said operations in protest of a hike in fees have agreed to return to the port, Mamish said. The SCZone’s head went to Germany for talks […]

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved a loan of $300 million for the establishment of a water desalination plant in Ain Sokhna – Egypt2017-12-05T18:07:38+01:00
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