Creating a Sustainable Future for Desalination – Persian Gulf It is no secret that we live in a water scarce region. Confronted by limited freshwater resources and growing demand – increasing more than 60 percent by 2025, desalination ensures access to clean water across the Gulf. Governments and companies are prioritizing water sustainability and overall efficiency to meet this rapidly increasing demand. As a result, seawater desalination capacity of GCC countries is expected to grow by at least 37% in the next five years with investments of up to as much as $100 billion by […] Creating a Sustainable Future for Desalination – Persian GulfDME GmbH2020-01-06T18:03:08+01:00
Acwa Power, Sabic partner to boost local energy content – Saudi Arabia Acwa Power, a leader in power generation and water desalination projects, has signed with an agreement with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) for pursuing opportunities to enhance local content in Saudi Arabia. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Thamer Al Sharhan, managing director at Acwa Power and Fuad Mosa, VP of Local Content & Business Development at Sabic. The partnership is in alignment with Acwa Power’s commitment to play a leading role in developing and promoting local content and […] Acwa Power, Sabic partner to boost local energy content – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-01-03T08:50:13+01:00
Bahri signs SR760m deal for transport of desalinated water – Saudi Arabia Bahri, a Saudi provider of logistics and transportation, signed a 20-year agreement, valued at SR760 million ($202.6 million), with the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), a Saudi government corporation responsible for the desalination of seawater, producing electric power, and supplying various regions in the Kingdom with desalinated water, to transport desalinated water from floating stations to desalination tanks. The agreement includes establishing three floating stations to desalinate water and for the transfer of desalinated water from the stations to desalination tanks. Each station […] Bahri signs SR760m deal for transport of desalinated water – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-12-30T15:13:59+01:00
Saudi Arabia Inks Deal to Set Up Floating Desalination Plants – Saudi Arabia A 20-year strategic agreement, valued at SAR760 million ($202 million) was signed on Sunday between the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation. The SWCC is a Saudi Government Corporation responsible for the desalinating seawater, producing electric power and supplying various regions in the Kingdom with desalinated water to transport desalinated water from the floating stations to desalination tanks. The agreement includes establishing three floating stations to desalinate water and transfer the desalinated water […] Saudi Arabia Inks Deal to Set Up Floating Desalination Plants – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-12-26T17:44:49+01:00
Saudi Arabia Signs Deal to Establish Floating Desalination Plants – Saudi Arabia A 20-year strategic agreement, valued at SAR760 million ($202 million) was signed on Sunday between the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Bahri, a global leader in logistics and transportation. The SWCC is a Saudi Government Corporation responsible for the desalinating seawater, producing electric power and supplying various regions in the Kingdom with desalinated water to transport desalinated water from the floating stations to desalination tanks. The agreement includes establishing three floating stations to desalinate water and transfer the desalinated […] Saudi Arabia Signs Deal to Establish Floating Desalination Plants – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-12-23T15:09:23+01:00
GE secures grid substation deal for Saudi desalination plant – Saudi Arabia GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business secured a contract by ACCIONA to supply designing, manufacturing, construction and commissioning solutions in Shuqaiq in Saudi Arabia, it said in a statement. The desalination plant, which will provide fresh water for over 1.8 million people, is expected to be completed in 2021. Through this deal, GE will provide a 380/132 kilovolt (kV) GIS substation, including power transformers, grid automation and telecommunication systems that will complete the electricity connection in the Shuqaiq area, providing power […] GE secures grid substation deal for Saudi desalination plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-12-22T16:57:25+01:00
Israel is hoarding the Jordan River – The Palestinians and Jordan Need their Share – Israel Two areas farmed by Israelis for more than 50 years have recently been returned to neighbouring Jordan. The first, al Ghamr (known in Israel as Zofar), is located south of the Dead Sea in the Naqab/Negev desert. The second, al Baqura (Naharayim) is found at the fertile point where a major tributary joins the Jordan River. The association with water bodies is no coincidence: neither land would have been occupied in the first place were it not for the water that the […] Israel is hoarding the Jordan River – The Palestinians and Jordan Need their Share – IsraelDME GmbH2019-12-21T15:51:02+01:00
Saudi Arabia’s Bahri signs $203mln deal with govt desalination firm – Saudi Arabia Saudi-listed logistics and transportation firm National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has signed a 760 million Saudi riyals ($202.6 million) deal with Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), the Saudi government company responsible for the desalination of seawater. The deal entails an agreement to supply desalinated water from floating mobile stations to desalination tanks, Bahri said in a bourse statement. The agreement includes establishing three floating stations for water desalination and supplying desalinated water from stations to the desalination plant tanks by 50,000 cubic meters per […] Saudi Arabia’s Bahri signs $203mln deal with govt desalination firm – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-12-18T12:59:44+01:00
In the Middle East, countries spend heavily to transform seawater into drinking water – Oman The pipes work like powerful straws, sucking in seawater and sending it through a series of tanks and filters. The Barka 4 desalination plant is Oman’s newest and largest. Powered by natural gas, the plant went online last year and at full capacity can churn out 74 million gallons of potable water in a day — enough to fill 112 Olympic-size swimming pools. Oman relies on desalination because its extreme scarcity of water leaves few other options. In this corner of the Arabian Peninsula, […] In the Middle East, countries spend heavily to transform seawater into drinking water – OmanDME GmbH2019-12-17T13:46:32+01:00
US chemical giant DuPont acquires Israeli desalination start-up – Israel American chemical giant DuPont has signed an agreement to acquire Israeli-founded desalination start-up Desalitech. The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2008, Desalitech specializes in closed circuit reverse osmosis (CCRO) desalination technology for industrial and municipal water users, promising increased water purification and reuse. The start-up has been headquartered in Massachusetts since 2013 and has an office in Kfar Saba. (LINK). US chemical giant DuPont acquires Israeli desalination start-up – IsraelDME GmbH2019-12-15T23:13:01+01:00