Tag: Singapore
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Australia has overinvested in desalination says government report
Australia has overinvested in desalination in recent years, says a draft report from the Australian Productivity Commission, published on 13 April 2011. One alternative it recommends is indirect potable reuse.
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US$0.36/m³ price for Singapore’s second desalination plant
Tuaspring Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Hyflux, signed a 25-year Water Purchase Agreement (WPA) with Singapore’s national water agency on 6 April 2011 for the country’s second and largest desalination plant.
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Hyflux collaborates with Japanese bank
Singapore’s Hyflux Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s Mizuho Corporate Bank to collaborate in the global water business.
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Vacuum-driven MD breakthrough promised by memsys
Vacuum-driven membrane distillation (MD) delivers high flux and true multi-effect distillation with very good energy recovery. The process runs at low temperature levels and is fully modular. This article describes the background of the development of the memsys company, membrane distillation, its specific advantages and potential applications, current and planned demonstration plants, and MD s…
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Hyflux preferred for 318,500 m³/d Singapore desalination plant
PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, has selected locally based Hyflux Ltd as the preferred bidder for the country’s second and largest seawater desalination plant.
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Hyflux Libyan desalination contracts could be delayed
Singapore-based desalination contractor Hyflux said on 23 February 2011 that its projects in Libya could be delayed due to the political uncertainty in the country, according to Reuters.
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Tender later this year for Changi expansion
A tender will be called in the second half of 2011 for construction and installation of an expansion to Singapore’s Changi Water Reclamation Plant using membrane technology.
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IDA announces scholarship program winners
Students from Brazil and Singapore are this year’s winners of the Channabasappa Memorial Scholarship awarded by the International Desalination Association (IDA).
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First IDA Young Leaders tour completed
The International Desalination Association (IDA) Young Leaders Program (YLP) recently concluded its first global Educational Tour, reaching out to more than 2,000 potential future desalters in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the USA.
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Desalination worries for Hyflux in Libya
Singapore-based contractor Hyflux is “closely monitoring” the situation in Libya, where it is due to start work shortly on a 40,000 m³/d seawater reverse-osmosis facility under a contract awarded in November 2010 by the General People’s Committee for Utilities (the Ministry of Utilities in Libya).