Tag: Qatar
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EDS urges knowledge sharing at Rome conference
The European Desalination Society (EDS) conference opened on Monday (23 May) with calls for greater collaboration among desalination professionals to address the rising gap between water supply and demand worldwide.
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Qatari research aims to
The Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) and Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop two pilot projects that could ‘radically reduce the cost and energy use’ of desalination.
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Qatar backs Palestinian water projects
The Qatar Development Fund has signed up to back Middle East Desalination Research Center (MERDC) projects in Palestine and Jordan.
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Qatar researchers trial membrane distillation system
Researchers at Qatar University College of Engineering, in collaboration with a team from petrochemical giant, ConocoPhillips’ Global Water Sustainability Centre, have developed low- carbon desalination technology, membrane distillation.
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Doosan bags order from Samsung for Qatar treatment plant
Doosan Hydro Technology has won an order from South Korean engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, Samsung Construction and Trading, for the water and wastewater treatment system on the Qatar Facility D integrated water and power production project.
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Qatar ups desalination capacity
Qatar has upped its desalination capacity by 144 Ml/d after Qatar Electricity and Water’s (QEWC’s) inauguration of its US$ 504 million, Ras Abu Fontas multi-stage flash distillation plant A2. And QEWC has commenced construction work on its Ras Abu Fontas A3 desalination plant at Ras Abu Fontas, near Al Wakra.
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Israel to join top ten water stressed by 2040
The US-based World Resources Institute has forecast that Israel will be among the world’s ten most water stressed regions by 2040. Almost half of those regions will be in the Middle East according to recent report by the institute.
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Qatar prepared for soaring water demand
Requirements for water and power in Qatar are expected to soar by more than 50% by 2022 according to estimates from the state owned utility the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa).
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Japanese duo bags Qatar power and water contract
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has selected a Japanese consortium of Mitsubishi Corporation and Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), named K1 Energy, to build an electricity and water plant comprising a 590,000 m³/d desalination facility and a 2.4 GW gas-fired power station at Umm Al Houl, 20km south of the city of Doha.
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Acciona venture wins Qatar deals
Spanish desalination firm, Acciona Agua, has won two major desalination contracts in Qatar worth US$ 525 million as part of a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation and Toyo Thai Corporation.