Saudi Archives - Desalination Institute DME - Water Desalination Resources https://www.di-dme.de/tag/saudi/ sustainable water desalination - global desalination technologies - desalination consulting - cutting-edge desalination research Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:52:32 +0000 de hourly 1 https://www.di-dme.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-DME-Schriftzug-Logo-1-32x32.jpg Saudi Archives - Desalination Institute DME - Water Desalination Resources https://www.di-dme.de/tag/saudi/ 32 32 Acciona consortium wins $1bn Saudi sewage plants contract – Saudi Arabia https://www.di-dme.de/acciona-consortium-wins-1bn-saudi-sewage-plants-contract-saudi-arabia/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.di-dme.de/?p=15352 Spanish infrastructure major Acciona said its consortium with Saudi partners Tawzea and Tamasuk has been awarded the contract for financing, construction and 25-year operation of three major sewage treatment plants in Saudi Arabia - Madinah-3, Buraydah-2 and Tabuk-2.   These new contracts, worth a combined €855 million ($1.02 billion), have been awarded by the state-owned Saudi [...]

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]]> Spanish infrastructure major Acciona said its consortium with Saudi partners Tawzea and Tamasuk has been awarded the contract for financing, construction and 25-year operation of three major sewage treatment plants in Saudi Arabia – Madinah-3, Buraydah-2 and Tabuk-2.  

These new contracts, worth a combined €855 million ($1.02 billion), have been awarded by the state-owned Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC).

These are the first BOOT/EPC (Build, Own, Operate and Transfer/Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contracts that Acciona has signed in the area of wastewater treatment in the Middle East. 

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]]> PROJECTS: Acciona projects in the GCC to boost ESG goals – Saudi Arabia https://www.di-dme.de/projects-acciona-projects-in-the-gcc-to-boost-esg-goals-saudi-arabia/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.di-dme.de/?p=14553 Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona has launched a new five-year master plan - SMP 2025 - to advance its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. Ranked top 100 globally in 2020 for economic and ESG indicators, the company is now spearheading a new, ground-breaking sustainability model. Acciona is already a household name in major utility and [...]

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]]> Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona has launched a new five-year master plan – SMP 2025 – to advance its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals.

Ranked top 100 globally in 2020 for economic and ESG indicators, the company is now spearheading a new, ground-breaking sustainability model.

Acciona is already a household name in major utility and infrastructure projects in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, both as a developer and as an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contractor.

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]]> Saudi Arabia hopes to raise $55bn through privatisation – Saudi Arabia https://www.di-dme.de/saudi-arabia-hopes-to-raise-55bn-through-privatisation-saudi-arabia/ Mon, 24 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.di-dme.de/?p=14358 Saudi Arabia hopes to raise about $55bn over the next four years as it plans to step up its nascent privatisation programme with the government seeking to boost revenue and narrow its yawning budget deficit. Mohammed al-Jadaan, the finance minister, told the Financial Times that Riyadh had identified a pipeline of 160 projects across 16 [...]

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]]> Saudi Arabia hopes to raise about $55bn over the next four years as it plans to step up its nascent privatisation programme with the government seeking to boost revenue and narrow its yawning budget deficit.

Mohammed al-Jadaan, the finance minister, told the Financial Times that Riyadh had identified a pipeline of 160 projects across 16 sectors, including asset sales and public-private partnerships, through to 2025.

Riyadh’s aim is to outsource the management and financing of health infrastructure and services to the private sector, as well as city transportation networks, school buildings, airport services and water desalination and sewage treatment plants.

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]]> Saudi’s SWCC sets Guinness World Record for lowest energy-consuming desal plant – Saudi Arabia https://www.di-dme.de/saudis-swcc-sets-guinness-world-record-for-lowest-energy-consuming-desal-plant-saudi-arabia/ Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.di-dme.de/?p=13924 SWCC’s new desalination plant operates at 2.27 kilowatt hours (kWh) per cubic meter of desalinated water. The plant comprises a mobile seawater intake system that operates with the latest ERD energy recovery technology and highly energy efficient pumps. In addition, the new desalination plant operates with an environmentally friendly reverse osmosis technology that has been [...]

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]]> SWCC’s new desalination plant operates at 2.27 kilowatt hours (kWh) per cubic meter of desalinated water.

The plant comprises a mobile seawater intake system that operates with the latest ERD energy recovery technology and highly energy efficient pumps.

In addition, the new desalination plant operates with an environmentally friendly reverse osmosis technology that has been implemented based on the latest international specifications and standards, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.

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]]> Doosan to construct RO desalination plant in Saudi Arabia https://www.di-dme.de/doosan-to-construct-ro-desalination-plant-in-saudi-arabia/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.di-dme.de/?p=13607 The Yanbu4 seawater desalination plant will be constructed in Ar Rayyis, located about 260km north of Jeddah and will be applying the reverse osmosis (RO) process, which removes salt from seawater. Doosan plans to construct the Yanbu4 seawater desalination plant on an EPC basis, taking  on the responsibilities of engineering, procurement and construction. The desalination plant will supply [...]

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]]> The Yanbu4 seawater desalination plant will be constructed in Ar Rayyis, located about 260km north of Jeddah and will be applying the reverse osmosis (RO) process, which removes salt from seawater.

Doosan plans to construct the Yanbu4 seawater desalination plant on an EPC basis, taking  on the responsibilities of engineering, procurement and construction.

The desalination plant will supply 450,000 tonnes of potable water daily to the Ar Rayyis region, the western part of Saudi Arabia.

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