Tag: Energy
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Renewable-energy desalination community seeks to start association
The renewable-energy (RE) desalination community should organize itself into a body that will represent the sector and lobby for its interests, says a new report.
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Fedco pressure-booster beats 80% efficiency
“We’re now ready to go after any project in the world,” Eli Oklejas, president of Fedco, told D&WR, after he had announced that a performance test on the company’s hydraulic pressure booster (HPB) energy-recovery device for desalination had surpassed 80% efficiency.
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MSF/FBE seawater desalination and fouling hypersaline wastewater treatment
The Multi-Stage Flash/Fluidised Bed Evaporator (MSF/FBE) is not strictly a new technology, but the applications suggested in this article are new. It is claimed to halve the costs of distillate production compared with most advanced conventional MSFs and is suggested as a way to expand existing MSF plants. Another application is the wind-powered MSF/FBE for…
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Cadagua lands RO desalination plant in UAE
The UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA), responsible for supplying water and electricity in the northern emirates, has given Spanish contractor Cadagua a letter of intent for the award of a reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Al Zawrah, Ajman.
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Desalination for Peace motif for record-breaking EuroMed conference
“I believe that desalination is a key issue in peace,” said Uri Shani, chairman of Israel’s Water Authority, at the opening ceremony of the EuroMed 2010 – Desalination for Clean Water & Energy Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 4 October 2010.
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GE signs Saudi Arabian wastewater-reuse MOU
GE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on wastewater reuse with Miahona, a subsidiary of the Arabian Company for Water & Power Development Ltd.
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Gold Coast desalination plant finally handed over
The Tugun desalination plant in Gold Coast, Australia, was handed over to the Queensland state government on 1 October 2010 and has become part of the South East Queensland Water Grid (SEQWG).
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Pilot desalination plant to start up soon on Hudson river
United Water is finalizing construction of a pilot desalination plant at Haverstraw on the Hudson river in New York state. If constructed, the full size reverse-osmosis plant would be 7.5 MGD (28,300 m³/d).
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Two new appointments at Consolidated Water
Caribbean-based desalination and water supply specialist Consolidated Water Co Ltd announced two new appointments on 21 September 2010.
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Kemira aids oil sands sustainable water research
Finnish chemicals company Kemira has joined an industrial research program of the University of Alberta intended to foster sustainable water use, including water reuse and recycling, in Canadian oil sands extraction.