Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Samsung files for arbitration against SWCC over Yanbu 3 cancellation
Samsung Engineering has asked the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to begin arbitration proceedings against Saudi Arabia over the cancellation of its contract on Yanbu 3 water and power project.
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Acciona and GS Inima submit EoIs for desalination project in Fortaleza, Brazil
Cagece, the water utility of Ceara state, northeast Brazil, has received two expressions of interest for a 86,400 m3/d capacity seawater desalination plant to serve the metro region of state capital city Fortaleza.
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GMVP opened the SWRO-PRO pilot plant of recovering the salinity gradient energy
GMVP recently opened the SWRO-PRO pilot plant at Nambu wastewater treatment plant located in Korean port city of Busan. The pilot is used to demonstrate the technical feasibility of PRO (pressure retarded osmosis) to recover the salinity gradient energy.
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The Power of Creativity in Water Science and Technology
Award-winning global water scientists discuss their work and the role that creativity has played in their discoveries. Water. desalination + reuse, and the Price Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW), present ‘The Power of Creativity in Water Science and Technology,’ a specially curated webinar on the role of creativity in water science. PSIPW…
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India’s NIOT prepares detailed report on offshore desalination
The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) of India has finalised designs and submitted a detailed project report for an offshore desalination plant using low temperature thermal technology, reports New Indian Express.
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Sri Lanka issues RfP for desalination PPP at Hambantota
Sri Lanka Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade has issued a request for proposals (RfP) on a seawater desalination plant at Hambantota, in its Southern Province.
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Red Sea-Dead Sea tender held up by diplomatic row
The Red Sea-Dead Sea project has hit a block after Israel’s embassy in Jordan was closed in response to a shooting in July 2017.
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Canada’s Algonquin to buy controlling stake in Atlantica Yield
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp of Canada is to acquire 25 per cent of Atlantica Yield, a business of long-term contracted assets owned by Abengoa.
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Tseung Kwan O project kicks off with call for pre-quals
Hong Kong’s Water Supplies Department has called for pre-qualification bids for Tseung Kwan O desalination plant project.
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IDA partners with Global Solar Council to promote solar desalination
The International Desalination Association (IDA) and Global Solar Council have pledged to promote desalination technologies powered by solar energy.
