Tag: Energy
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Judge rules against US water district bid to halt test slant well
A Santa Cruz county judge has ruled against the Marina Coast Water District’s bid to halt California American Water (Cal-Am) in its continuing construction of a test desalination slant well in Marina.
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Abengoa signs world first large renewable desalination plant deal
Saudi-based water treatment specialist, Advanced Water Technologies (AWT) has appointed Spanish conglomerate, Abengoa, as its partner in the development of the world’s first, large-scale desalination plant to be powered by solar energy.
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Masdar city, Masdar Institute, Laborelec, and Degrémont to collaborate in renewable-powered desalination project
Abu Dhabi university, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, has unveiled recently its research collaboration with three leading energy and clean technology corporations in a research project supporting the development of a full-scale, completely solar-powered, seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Energy Recovery chief to quit
Chief executive officer (CEO) of pressure technology specialist Energy Recovery, Thomas Rooney, has resigned as the company increases its focus on the oil and gas sector.
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China’s 2020 desalination plans could cause emissions surge
China’s 2020 ambition to produce drinking water at 3 million m³day from desalination threatens to increase carbon emissions through increased use of largely coal-fired power generation according to the World Resources Institute (WRI). The institute said the energy penalty could be offset by some 75% by greater use of water reuse.
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Asia’s largest reverse osmosis plant begins operation
Asia’s largest reverse osmosis plant, with a capacity to produce 10 Ml/d, has recently been inaugurated in Pakistan’s drought-ridden Sindh province.
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Californian water district backs talks over new desalination project
Orange County Water District in California, USA has voted to enter into formal negotiations with Poseidon Water to secure a proposed seawater desalination project in Huntington Beach, California.
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Jersey plans desalination boost
Channel Island water utility, Jersey Water, is proposing a £6million extension to its 6 Ml/d, seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant at La Rosière, Corbiere, at the south-west corner of the island to cope with a “once in fifty years” severe drought.
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Biwater completes Virgin Islands desalination plant
Water technology company, Biwater, has started full commercial operation of a new 10,400 m³/day reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant constructed by the firm on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.
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Urban surge drives 57% growth in Indian municipal water treatment market by 2018
Urban population growth in India will create huge demand for municipal water and wastewater treatment systems including desalination adding 57% to revenues over five years according to a recent report by market analyst Frost an Sullivan (F&S).