Dubai completes $3.18bn M-Station expansion project – Dubai Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has announced the completion of the M-Station expansion project in Jebel Ali, the largest power generation and water desalination plant in the UAE, at a total investment of Dh11.7 billion ($3.18 billion) in co-ordination with German technology major Siemens. It was inaugurated by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance, and President of Dewa, in the presence of senior Dewa officials including its managing director and chief executive officer Saeed Mohammed […] Dubai completes $3.18bn M-Station expansion project – DubaiDME GmbH2019-05-09T11:12:59+02:00
ACWA Power Signs Strategic Agreements With Three Chinese Entities During the Second Belt and Road Forum – Saudi Arabia ACWA Power, a leading developer, owner, and operator of power generation and water desalination plants has signed strategic agreements with three renowned Chinese entities on the sidelines of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). The agreements with PowerChina, China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC) and Bank of China will lay the ground for collaboration in key investments and further involve Chinese expertise in manufacturing power generation and desalinated water production plants that ACWA Power develops and operates. ACWA Power Signs Strategic Agreements With Three Chinese Entities During the Second Belt and Road Forum – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-05-08T15:29:28+02:00
Qatar- Kahramaa, Umm Al Houl Power sign pact to increase water desalination capacity Under the patronage, and in the presence of H E Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President & CEO of Qatar Petroleum, the General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) and Umm Al Houl Power Company signed an amendment to their agreement on the provision of electricity and water. The amendment will increase water desalination capacity by 61.5 million gallons per day (about 280,000 cubic meters), which enhances Kahramaa’s capabilities for a sustainable supply of high quality water […] Qatar- Kahramaa, Umm Al Houl Power sign pact to increase water desalination capacityDME GmbH2019-05-07T14:44:46+02:00
Metrowater taps all resources to quench Chennai’s thirst – Chennai Aware of the grim water situation facing the city, Metrowater has initiated about a dozen measures, including erection of new borewells with power pumps, setting up additional filling points and extending operation of tanker lorries. The most serious problem surrounds the level of water in the reservoirs at Poondi, Cholavaram, Red Hills and Chembarambakkam. Cholavaram, the smallest with a total capacity of 1,081 million cubic feet, on Friday had a mere 9 million cubic feet of water. Officials had stopped the drawing from its dead […] Metrowater taps all resources to quench Chennai’s thirst – ChennaiDME GmbH2019-05-04T13:25:59+02:00
Jakarta Is Sinking. Now Indonesia Has to Find a New Capital – Indonesia This week, amid devastating flooding, Indonesia announced it’s planning to move its capital out of Jakarta, which really is nothing new—the country’s first president was talking about it way back in 1957. Part of the problem is extreme congestion, but today the city of more than 10 million is facing nothing short of obliteration by rising seas and sinking land, two opposing yet complementary forces of doom. Models predict that by 2050, 95 percent of North Jakarta could be submerged. And Jakarta is […] Jakarta Is Sinking. Now Indonesia Has to Find a New Capital – IndonesiaDME GmbH2019-05-02T14:39:50+02:00
Chennai: Metrowater starts to draw from farm wells – Chennai Metrowater has started drawing 15 million litres a day from 300 wells on agricultural land it has leased in Tiruvallur, Tamarapakkam and Minjur to meet the city’s water needs. Metrowater managers say the supply situation isn’t too bad with 180 million litres a day piped from Veeranam lake and an equal quantity from the two desalination plants too, but cause for worry is the depletion of the groundwater table in the city. If needed, more water could be drawn from […] Chennai: Metrowater starts to draw from farm wells – ChennaiDME GmbH2019-05-01T16:53:19+02:00
Dubai’s M-Station extension project with capacity of 2.8GW and 140MIPD – Dubai The M-Station extension project in Jebel Ali, the largest power and water desalination plant in the UAE, has been inaugurated. The Dh1.527bn extension project added new generating units with a capacity of 700MW. The project brings the total production capacity of the plant to 2,885 megawatts (MW) and 140 million gallons of desalinated water per day with the total cost of M-station reaching Dh11.669bn. (LINK). Dubai’s M-Station extension project with capacity of 2.8GW and 140MIPD – DubaiDME GmbH2019-04-30T13:04:04+02:00
Why Saudi Aramco sees shale gas as next energy bonanza – Saudi Arabia The world’s biggest oil exporter is ramping up efforts to develop natural gas with plans for a 15-fold boost in output from unconventional deposits of the fuel. Saudi Aramco is building facilities to tap shale gas in the kingdom’s oil-rich eastern region and is making “a lot of progress” toward this goal, CEO Amin Nasser told reporters in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Plans include a plant to desalinate seawater that Aramco can then inject underground to frack for gas. “We are looking […] Why Saudi Aramco sees shale gas as next energy bonanza – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-04-29T14:43:14+02:00
Kuwait, South Korea trade volume totals USD 14 billion in 2018 The trade volume between Kuwait and South Korea has totaled USD 14 billion in 2018, up by 33 percent, compared to 2017’s, which was divided between USD 12.7 billion as Kuwaiti exports and USD 1.3 billion as South Korean imports. Kuwaiti exports of crude oil and its derivatives enjoyed the lion’s share of trade exchange with South Korea, especially since the GCC-member state is Seoul’s second-largest energy supplier after Saudi Arabia, said South Korean Embassy in Kuwait on Saturday. Meanwhile, South Korean Prime […] Kuwait, South Korea trade volume totals USD 14 billion in 2018DME GmbH2019-04-27T14:58:26+02:00
Israel startup aims to save the planet from thirst using algae – Israel Imagine if showering was a luxury, washing your floors a dirty secret, and shampooing the dog was illegal. It isn’t unthinkable that within our lifetimes, bath will be a dirty word as the world grows ever shorter of water — to drink, to wash and crucially, to irrigate crops. Enter the Israeli startup Aqwind, which has taken the lowest life-forms in the world, bacteria and algae, and harnessed them to a low-cost way to clean dirty water enough for irrigation. Manure is […] Israel startup aims to save the planet from thirst using algae – IsraelDME GmbH2019-04-24T13:45:37+02:00