Spanish consortium wins Saudi water desalination project – Saudi Arabia Spain’s Abengoa has announced that it has been awarded a contract to build the second largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. The project will be carried out in consortium with engineering and construction company Sepco III. Under the terms of the contract, Abengoa will be responsible for the engineering, supply and construction of the Jubail 3A reverse osmosis desalination plant, which will be located in the Kingdom’s eastern province. (LINK). Spanish consortium wins Saudi water desalination project – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-04-05T15:14:39+02:00
Abengoa consortium wins Saudi desalination project contract – Saudi Arabia Spanish group Abengoa said its consortium with the engineering and construction company Sepco III, has been awarded a contract to build the second largest reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. The contract for the 600,000-cu-m per day desalination plant was awarded by Acwa Power, a company leader in the development, investment, ownership and operation of energy generation and desalinated water. Besides Acwa Power, the developer consortium includes Gulf Investment Corporation and Al Bawani Water & Power Company. On completion, […] Abengoa consortium wins Saudi desalination project contract – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-04-03T14:05:09+02:00
AIIB in lending syndicate to Oman solar power project – Oman THE Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is amongst the lenders on the 500MW Ibri II solar power project in Oman. Last week lead sponsor ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia announced that it had reached financial close on the project, via a US$275 million senior debt facility with a maturity of 16.5 years. The six mandated lead banks are AIIB, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank Muscat, Riyad Bank, Siemens Bank, and Warba Bank. AIIB is providing US$60 million. (LINK). AIIB in lending syndicate to Oman solar power project – OmanDME GmbH2020-04-01T14:17:13+02:00
Rs 12.13 bn released for CPEC projects under PSDP 2019-20 – Pakistan The government has so far released development funds of over Rs 12.13 billion for various development projects of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2019-20. According to latest data issued by the ministry of Planning on Thursday, the government had allocated Rs 18 billion for around 20 projects of CPEC for the year 2019-20. For construction of KKH phase-II Havelian-Thakot (118.057 M) part of CPEC, the government released Rs 2 billion out of total allocation […] Rs 12.13 bn released for CPEC projects under PSDP 2019-20 – PakistanDME GmbH2020-03-26T16:13:51+01:00
Dh3.4m prize offered to improve water desalination – UAE Entrepreneurs are being offered Dh3.4 million in prize money to help reduce the amount of brine produced at desalination plants. The UAE government has combined with the private sector to launch Rethink Brine in an effort to solve the issue. Officials hope the challenge will encourage more researchers and scientists to develop new ways to tackle the problem. (LINK). Dh3.4m prize offered to improve water desalination – UAEDME GmbH2020-03-22T17:00:56+01:00
Average Palestinian consumes 87 litres of water per day – Palestine The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and the Palestinian Meteorological Department have disclosed that the average Palestinian consumes 87.3 litres of water per day. This rate has reached 90.5 litres per day in the West Bank, according to joint statistics issued by the three institutions, while recording an improvement in recent years following the completion of water projects that have been able to boost the water resources and reduce waste. Currently in Gaza, the per capita share has […] Average Palestinian consumes 87 litres of water per day – PalestineDME GmbH2020-03-21T15:29:18+01:00
TAQA revenue stays stable at $4.79bn in 2019 – Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), a leading global energy company with operations in 11 countries, said the total group revenues were stable at Dh17.6 billion ($4.79 billion) in 2019 (down 1% versus 2018). It said the group had achieved strong operational performance for the year with increased production levels across its businesses: power, water, oil and gas. „This helped ensure continued financial profitability for the group for a third consecutive year, despite more challenging market conditions for the oil and gas industry,“ the company […] TAQA revenue stays stable at $4.79bn in 2019 – Abu DhabiDME GmbH2020-03-20T11:10:26+01:00
South Chennai to get water from alternative sources – India Chennai Metrowater is drawing additional water from Chembarambakkam reservoir to maintain piped water supply in south Chennai to offset the gap in distribution following the shutdown of the desalination plant in Nemmeli. The water agency stopped supply from the desalination plant since Tuesday. The plant has a capacity to supply 100 million litres a day to various parts of south Chennai. It has, however, resumed piped water supply with alternative sources from waterbodies in Chembarambakkam and Veeranam. South Chennai to get water from alternative sources – IndiaDME GmbH2020-03-19T15:10:05+01:00
Water supply in south Chennai to be affected – India Piped water supply to several areas in south Chennai may be affected for 15 days, from March 17, as Chennai Metrowater plans to take up work at the Nemmeli desalination plant, that has a capacity to treat 100 million litres of seawater a day. The water agency will fix the travelling band screen, a self-cleaning screen in the seawater intake structure, at the desalination plant. The work will be taken up between 6 a.m. on March 17 and 6 a.m. on April 1. Water supply in south Chennai to be affected – IndiaDME GmbH2020-03-15T19:58:57+01:00
System achieves new level of efficiency in harnessing sunlight to make fresh potable water from seawater – Cambridge A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in China could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square meter of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially serve off-grid arid coastal areas to provide an efficient, low-cost water source. The system uses multiple layers of flat solar evaporators and condensers, lined up in a vertical array and topped with transparent aerogel insulation. It is described in a paper appearing today […] System achieves new level of efficiency in harnessing sunlight to make fresh potable water from seawater – CambridgeDME GmbH2020-03-13T15:29:54+01:00