Tag: Middle East
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Bidding for largest solar desalination plant opens soon
Tenders for the world’s largest solar-powered seawater desalination plant in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, will be invited next month by utility company Utico Middle East.
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2014 Oman conference to look at HABs and desalination
An international conference on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) & Desalination is to be held in Muscat, Oman, in April 2014.
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Oman’s Sur desalination plant seeks large expansion
The owner and operator of Oman’s Sur seawater desalination plant, Sharqiyah Desalination Company (SDC), has filed a bid with the Oman Tender Board for approval of a proposed expansion of 10.6 MIGD (48,000 m³/d) to the plant.
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SWCC lets systems contract for RO training room
Cyprus-incorporated Hyperion Systems Engineering announced on 16 September 2013 that it would supply a generic operator training simulator (OTS) system for the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) in Saudi Arabia.
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Five newcomers voted onto IDA board
Five new faces were elected directly to the board of the International Desalination Association (IDA) for 2013‑15.
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ERI pressure-exchangers chosen for Fujairah expansion
Acciona Agua has chosen Energy-Recovery Inc to provide its PX® Q line of energy-recovery devices (ERDs) for the Fujairah 1 Expansion desalination project in the UAE.
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New MEDRC director looks at Middle East cooperation
Ciarán Ó Cuinn, currently executive director for external and strategic affairs at Dublin City University, Ireland, is to become director of the Middle East Desalination Research Center in Oman.
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Escondida desalination is first Doosan job in Latin America
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction announced its first seawater desalination plant project in the Latin American market on 25 August 2013.
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KfW signs Djerba desalination loan agreement in Tunisia
Tunisia’s Société Nationale d’Exploitation et de Distribution des Eaux (SONEDE) signed an agreement on 22 August 2013 with the German development bank KfW for a loan of around € 60 million for the Djerba seawater desalination plant.
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Kuwait signs desalination / reuse research agreement
The Kuwait Ministry of Water & Electricity announced on 7 August 2013 that it had just signed a US$ 5 million cooperation agreement with the Kuwait Scientific Research Institute to develop new desalination solutions.