TNPA has awarded the joint venture, Norland Civil Engineers and Contractors and Impact Water Solutions (PTY) Ltd (IWS), trading as Sun Water East London, a R60-million contract to construct and operate the solar-powered water desalination plant over seven years.
The announcement was made during the opening of an international conference on water desalination projects in the Gaza Strip, attended by 31 countries and held at the European Commission Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
Sizewell C aims to power its water desalination plant with zero carbon electricity from Sizewell B in a further move to make construction of the nuclear plant in Suffolk as green as possible, as the groupâs Nick Osbourne writes.
The desalination plant will provide SWW with an additional, long-term, water source capable of producing up to 20 million litres of water per day â approximately 40% of the current water demand for Cornwall.
South West Water (SWW) announced in March it was planning to have two desalination plants by this September.
Sizewell C is expected to host two EPRs producing 3.2 GWe similar to the Hinkley Point C plant, under construction in Somerset. EDF Energy submitted a development consent order (a planning application) for the plant in May 2020, which was granted in July 2022. In March, the UKâs Environment Agency granted environmental permits â a radioactive substances activity permit, a combustion activity permit and a water discharge activity permit â for the plant.
Sizewell C aims to power its water desalination plant with zero carbon electricity from Sizewell B in a further move to make construction of the nuclear plant in Suffolk as green as possible, as the groupâs Nick Osbourne writes.
The temporary desalination facility will ensure the Sizewell C project has the water it needs until a new water main provides a permanent supply in the early 2030s.
Operating continuously, the temporary plant could produce up to 4000 cubic metres of potable grade water per day. Water production will be in response to construction demand and generally substantially less than this.
The Norfolk proposal comes as the Environment Agency seeks to draft a strategy to overcome a looming crisis in water supplies amid predictions there could be a shortfall of 4,000 million litres per day in less than three decades.
A project aimed at converting seawater into drinking water in Cornwall has suffered a setback and will now be completed from next summer. South West Water (SWW) initially had plans to have two desalination plants up and running by this September. However, the company has revised its plans and will build just one plant in Par, using seawater from St Austell Bay. The delay is attributed to complications regarding the sale of land.