Dewa desal plant work clocks 3m hours without LTI – United Arab Emirates Dewa’s desalination plant in Jebel Ali Power Station (JAPS), Dubai, is celebrating three million man-hours without lost time injuries (LTIs) as construction passes the 70 per cent completion mark. This achievement reflects the shared commitment of Dewa, engineering firm ILF and the construction consortium formed by Acciona and Besix, to risk prevention and health and safety measures for all workers on the project. This milestone has been attained while strictly observing all the international and local protocols put in place […] Dewa desal plant work clocks 3m hours without LTI – United Arab EmiratesDME GmbH2020-06-14T13:55:52+02:00
Assets of Oman’s Tanweer surge 26pc to RO 533m in 2019 – Oman The Rural Areas Electricity Company (Tamweer), a subsidiary of The Electricity Holding Company (Nama Group), has reported an impressive 26 percent growth in the value of its nationwide assets, which rose to RO 533 million at the end of 2019, up from RO 422 million a year earlier. It underscores wholly-government-owned Tanweer’s increasingly important role as the sole provider of electricity and potable water to vast swathes of the Sultanate that lie far beyond the coverage of the nation’s main power and water grids. Assets of Oman’s Tanweer surge 26pc to RO 533m in 2019 – OmanDME GmbH2020-06-13T14:56:20+02:00
Saudi Arabia speeds up procedures to privatize largest desalination plant – Saudi Arabia The Saline Water Desalination Corporation (SWCC) has accelerated the procedures to privatize the world’s largest water and power plant in Ras Al-Khair in the Eastern Province. The move is part of the SWCC initiatives to achieve the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, and to keep pace with national strategies that will form the basic engine of the economy. The plan is also in line with the Kingdom’s aspirations to attract domestic and foreign investment from the private sector. The SWCC had earlier hired […] Saudi Arabia speeds up procedures to privatize largest desalination plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-06-12T12:26:07+02:00
UAE’s Qatra to double wastewater treatment capacity by 2022 – United Arab Emirates Sharjah based Qatra Water Solutions has said that it is in the process of rapidly expanding its wastewater treatment capacity. “We target to double it by 2022 in order to cope with the increased population in Sharjah,“ said Gurvan Dersel, General Manager at Qatra Water Solutions. Qatra is a Public-Private Partnership between the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, Shurooq, and BESIX, a company operating in infrastructure concessions and construction. (LINK). UAE’s Qatra to double wastewater treatment capacity by 2022 – United Arab EmiratesDME GmbH2020-06-10T15:22:32+02:00
Shurooq JV to complete new recycled water project in June – United Arab Emirates Qatra Water Solutions, a leading company operating the strategic wastewater treatment assets in Sharjah, is set to complete work on its recycled water filling station located in the emirate’s Bridi area by month-end, said a top official. Qatra is a joint venture between Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) and Besix, a major player in the infrastructure concessions and construction sector. The new facility will be instrumental in supplying local farms with reliable and affordable water and to provide reused water […] Shurooq JV to complete new recycled water project in June – United Arab EmiratesDME GmbH2020-06-07T12:52:31+02:00
UAE- Sharjah facility to double wastewater treatment capacity by 2022 – United Arab Emirates Emirates News Agency (WAM)) By Binsal Abdulkader SHARJAH, 5th June, 2020 (WAM) — A company operating the strategic wastewater treatment assets in Sharjah is planning to double its treatment capacity by 2022, a senior executive told Emirates News Agency, WAM. „Today, we are focusing on expanding our wastewater treatment capacity. We target to double it by 2022 in order to cope with the increased population in Sharjah,“ said Gurvan Dersel, General Manager at Qatra Water Solutions. Qatra is a Public-Private Partnership between the Sharjah Investment and […] UAE- Sharjah facility to double wastewater treatment capacity by 2022 – United Arab EmiratesDME GmbH2020-06-06T17:07:58+02:00
Oman pulls quick u-turn on desalination payments – Oman Oman has moved to reassure private water and power producers that they will still get paid in full, a week after the country’s central offtaker shocked companies by saying it would not be meeting its bills. At the start of last week, it emerged that the 11 private companies that supply just under 1.5 million m3/d of water in the Sultanate had been told by the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) that there would be a “hold back” of power and water capacity investment payments from April invoices onwards. Oman pulls quick u-turn on desalination payments – OmanDME GmbH2020-05-29T14:10:31+02:00
Israel snubs Beijing to give mega desalination project to local firm days after Pompeo warned about Chinese money – Israel Washington may celebrate a win in its tug-of-war with Beijing after the Israeli government awarded a huge contract, to build a massive facility for making saltwater drinkable, to a local company rather than to a Chinese bidder. A government panel selected IDE Technologies to build a large desalination plant about 15 km south of Tel Aviv. The Israeli company’s bid was chosen over that of Hutchison Water, a water treatment subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based multinational conglomerate. The win comes less than two weeks after US […] Israel snubs Beijing to give mega desalination project to local firm days after Pompeo warned about Chinese money – IsraelDME GmbH2020-05-27T22:36:00+02:00
Israel rejects Chinese bid to build Sorek 2 amid pressure from the US – Israel Israel chose local company IDE technologies to construct the world’s largest desalination plant, the government announced on Tuesday, rather than a Chinese company, thus preventing another undesirable showdown with the Trump administration over Chinese participation in major infrastructure projects. Three groups bid to build Sorek 2, a private-public partnership (PPP) which will be the world’s largest desalination plant when completed in 2023. Among them was Israeli Hutchison Company, an affiliate of the Chinese Hutchison Company based in Hong Kong.The US has […] Israel rejects Chinese bid to build Sorek 2 amid pressure from the US – IsraelDME GmbH2020-05-26T12:25:45+02:00
SEWA examines 3,000 water samples over last 4 months – Dubai SHARJAH, 22nd May, 2020 (WAM) — The Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority, SEWA, revealed that the increase in the number of water samples examined in the laboratory of water desalination plants was 3,000 from the beginning of the current year until the end of April 2020. In the previous year, SEWA examined 8,420 water samples, intending to provide high-quality drinking water, in line with the standards of the World Health Organisation. Eng. Dr. Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of SEWA, […] SEWA examines 3,000 water samples over last 4 months – DubaiDME GmbH2020-05-23T15:20:55+02:00