Tag: Singapore
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Groundbreaking follows Singapore II desalination finance deal
A day after Hyflux Ltd announced that it had secured financing for the second Singapore seawater desalination plant, a groundbreaking ceremony took place on 5 July 2011 at the International Water Week linked by video to the site.
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Siemens ED-CEDI desalination demo achieves 1.8 kWh/m³
Siemens chose this week’s Singapore International Water Week to announced the conclusion of its low-energy seawater desalination project involving a combination of electrodialysis (ED) and continuous electrodeionization (CEDI).
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IDA leads Energy-Water Nexus Roundtable at Singapore week
The International Desalination Association (IDA) will support the Water Leaders Summit when it opens on 5 July 2011 at Singapore International Water Week.
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Desalination help published with WHO drinking water standards
The World Health Organization launched the 4th edition of its Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality (ISBN: 978 92 4 154815 1) at the Singapore Water Week on 4 July 2011 – and also launched a separate guide for desalination.
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Innovation conference part of new Amsterdam water week
Amsterdam’s biennial Aquatech exhibition, the leading water exhibition in Europe, has been subsumed into an International Water Week like those in Stockholm and Singapore.
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Memstar set to mass-produce improved PVDF membrane
Singapore membrane manufacturer Memstar announced on 1 July 2011 that it is now ready for mass production of its newly launched TIPS PVDF hollow-fibre membrane and related products.
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Dutch to build ceramic membrane demo plant in Singapore
PWN Technologies (PWNT) of the Netherlands is to build Singapore’s first ceramic membrane demonstration plant at Choa Chu Kang Waterworks.
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BWA changes hands once more
Desalination and water treatment chemical specialist BWA Water Additives has been sold for the second time in three years for around £ 185 million (US$ 300 million).
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Bridging loans sought for Singapore desalination plant
Singapore-based EPC contractor Hyflux Ltd is negotiating with its financiers to find up to Sing$ 800 million (US$ 650 million) in bridging loans to fund construction of Singapore’s Tuaspring desalination plant and a 400 MW gas-fired power plant, according to IFRAsia on 31 May 2011.
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Keppel in US$ 46 million water-reuse JV in Tianjin
Keppel Integrated Engineering (KIE) signed a joint-venture agreement with Tianjin Eco-City Investment & Development Co (TECID) on 17 April 2011 to pursue the building, owning and operation of a water reclamation plant in the Eco-City.