HK desalination plant expected to be completed on schedule – Hong kong The construction of a desalination plant in Hong Kong designed to expand water supplies in the special administrative region is expected to finish and put into use in 2023, the project engineers said on Tuesday. The Tseung Kwan O desalination plant, built with a water production capacity of 135,000 cubic metres per day, can meet 5 percent of Hong Kong’s current fresh water demand, said Lee Kwun-chung, chief engineer from the Water Supplies Department of the Hong Kong SAR. After its entry into service, it will be the first […] HK desalination plant expected to be completed on schedule – Hong kongDME GmbH2021-10-26T14:34:59+02:00
China issues 5-year action plan for seawater desalination – China China has issued an action plan for seawater desalination utilization development over the next five years, according to China Science Daily on Friday. The action plan, jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources, is expected to promote the large-scale utilization of seawater desalination and ensure the safety of water resources in coastal areas. China’s seawater desalination scale will exceed 2.9 million tonnes per day by 2025, an increase of more than 1.25 million tonnes per day, according to the action […] China issues 5-year action plan for seawater desalination – ChinaDME GmbH2021-06-05T14:40:10+02:00
China makes desalination push to ease water scarcity – China China will invest in new desalination plants over the 2021-2025 period and raise capacity to 2.9 million tonnes a day in a bid to boost water supplies, the country’s state planning agency said in a new „five-year plan“ for the sector. As much as 1.25 million tonnes per day of new capacity will be commissioned over the period, including 1.05 million tonnes in coastal cities and 200,000 tonnes in „island regions,“ the National Development and Reform Commission said on Wednesday. Demonstration seawater desalination projects will be built in the […] China makes desalination push to ease water scarcity – ChinaDME GmbH2021-06-03T15:10:29+02:00
Large desalination project starts running in north China – China SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — A large desalination project, capable of producing 10,000 tonnes of freshwater from seawater per day, started operations on Wednesday in Tangshan City, north China’s Hebei Province. The thermal-membrane hybrid seawater desalination project, operated by Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., is hailed as an industrial breakthrough in the country’s steel sector, a big consumer of water. The new project combines the „thermal“ and „membrane“ approaches in seawater desalination: the former uses waste heat produced by factories to distill seawater, while the latter […] Large desalination project starts running in north China – ChinaDME GmbH2020-12-17T09:42:40+01:00
Senate legislation would expand COVID-19 projects with Israel to lessen dependence on China – Israel The Senate has introduced legislation to enhance partnerships between American and Israeli companies on COVID-19 projects, thus lessening U.S. dependence on China for life-saving medications and treatments. The bipartisan legislation was introduced on Wednesday as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a whirlwind eight-hour visit to Israel, criticized China while praising Israel. “You’re a great partner,” Pompeo said in an appearance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before their meeting in Jerusalem. “You share your information, unlike some other countries that try and obfuscate and […] Senate legislation would expand COVID-19 projects with Israel to lessen dependence on China – IsraelDME GmbH2020-05-15T10:29:22+02:00
US said to question China’s role in bid to construct Israeli desalination plant – United States US officials have questioned a China-tied company’s bid to construct a new desalination plant in Israel and have expressed concerns over the possibility of it winning the tender, Axios reported Saturday. Hutchison Water International is one of two companies to have reached the final stage of the tender to build the Sorek B plant, set to be the largest desalination facility in the world, alongside IDE Technologies. Hutchison is owned by Hong Kong-based holding company CK Hutchison Holdings. US said to question China’s role in bid to construct Israeli desalination plant – United StatesDME GmbH2020-05-03T10:47:37+02:00
Beijing water operator reports revenue gains in 2019 – China Beijing Capital Co Ltd, the world’s fifth-largest and the country’s second-largest water operator, reported revenue of more than 14.9 billion yuan in 2019, 20 percent up compared with the same period in the previous year. Total profit reached 1.598 billion yuan ($227.17 million), up 25 percent year-on-year. Environmental business revenue reached 14.6 billion yuan, 98 percent of total revenue. Business relating to water affairs witnessed a year-on-year increase of 29 percent, and solid waste business was up 15 percent. The company said […] Beijing water operator reports revenue gains in 2019 – ChinaDME GmbH2020-04-13T15:29:12+02:00
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
New solar-powered system makes desalination ecofriendly – America A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and in China could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square metre of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially serve off-grid arid coastal areas to provide an efficient, low-cost water source, said MIT doctoral students in a paper appearing in the journal ‘Energy and Environmental Science’. The key to the system’s efficiency lies in the way it uses each […] New solar-powered system makes desalination ecofriendly – AmericaDME GmbH2020-02-13T16:38:53+01:00
Solar-powered desalination systems could bring water to disaster zones – Shanghai It’s one of life’s most frustrating ironies that Earth’s surface is over 70 percent water, but most of that is undrinkable. Desalination is an important technology that may help unlock more drinking water, and now two independent teams have developed new types of solar-powered desalination systems using very different mechanisms. The first of the two new designs comes from researchers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The team says the multilayer system has an impressive overall efficiency of 385 percent, producing as much as 5.78 L […] Solar-powered desalination systems could bring water to disaster zones – ShanghaiDME GmbH2020-02-11T14:57:53+01:00