Tag: Renewable Energy
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Veolia’s new anaerobic MBR uses X-Flow UF
An anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) was introduced on 9 May 2012 by French water giant Veolia.
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IDA launches Energy Task Force in Marseille
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has formed a global Energy Task Force whose goal is to achieve a 20% reduction in energy consumption in all major seawater desalination processes by 2015.
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Canada/Norway study of pretreatment for osmotic power
Pretreatment of fresh water for an osmotic power plant is to be studied by Canada’s Hydro-Quebec as part of a three-year agreement with Norway’s Statkraft to speed up the development of osmotic power.
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Fuel cell/EDR hybrid powers its own wastewater treatment
A hybrid device using electrodialysis reversal (EDR) developed at Pennsylvania State University could be used to treat wastewater using the wastewater itself as fuel.
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Chinese desalination import ratio to fall, says report
Localisation of desalination products and systems in China is targeted to rise from 60% to 90% by 2020, according to market researchers Frost & Sullivan.
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Almogordo trial for commercial-size solar desalination still
Indiana-based Suns River is nearing completion of a commercial-sized solar still at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Almogordo, New Mexico, USA, following the issue of a patent on its process (US #8,088,257) on 3 January 2012.
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3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit set for Barcelona
Norwegian power company Statkraft, which is developing forward osmosis for energy, is organising the 3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit on 26-27 April 2012 alongside the European Desalination Society’s conference and exhibition in Barcelona, Spain (23-26 April 2012).
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Desalination/reuse in UK/Israel water agreement
Desalination, water reuse and use of renewable energy in desalination and water reclamation were included in an agreement signed on 21 December 2011 between British Water, which represents the UK water industry supply chain, and MATIMOP, the Israeli Industry Centre for Research & Development.
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US solar desalination demonstration project starts in 2012
A pilot demonstration of a solar-power desalination system is be deployed in spring 2012 at the US Bureau of Reclamation’s Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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Online registration open for EDS solar desalination course
Online registration is now available for the European Desalination Society’s course on Desalination with Solar Energy in Almeria, Spain, on 18-20 April 2012, which can be combined with the EDS conference in Barcelona on 23-26 April.