Gradiant co-founder Prakash Govindan speaks to Tom Freyberg about building an industrial water rocket ship, including the recent acquisition of AI start-up, Synauta. Joining the industrial rocket ship For many in the water sector, the news of AI-start-up Synauta being sold may not have come as a surprise. Founded by seasoned desalination expert Mike Dixon,...
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Engie, Navera partner to build wind-powered desalination plant in Morocco
International Power, the subsidiary of the French group Engie and Nareva, the subsidiary of the Moroccan group Al Mada have joined forces to develop a wind-powered desalination plant near the city of Dakhla in Morocco. The project which be implemented through a public-private partnership (PPP) with the joint venture Dakhla Water & Energy Company (DAWEC), will be able...
DEWA: Using latest technologies, SWRO and IWP enhances the UAE’s competitiveness in water sustainability
The state-of-the-art infrastructure of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), adopting innovation and the latest tools for anticipating the future, as well as sound scientific planning have helped it keep pace with the growing demand for water in Dubai according to the highest standards of availability, reliability, and efficiency. DEWA’s total production capacity has reached...
One Concern and Veolia Join Forces to Foster Climate Resilience in the Water Sector in Japan
One Concern and Veolia sign a three-year partnership that uses digital twin technology to increase resilience strategy in the water sector through risk analysis and simulation One Concern, a climate analytics company, and Veolia, the global champion of ecological transformation, announced today a three-year partnership agreement that establishes One Concern in Japan as a primary supplier of...
Advances in desalination to boost hydrogen production: SWCC governor
Richer enhancement and innovation in the desalination sector could help produce green hydrogen in the future as Saudi Arabia heads toward a sustainable future, according to Abdullah Al Abdulkarim, governor of Saline Water Conversion Corp. In an exclusive interview with Arab News on the sidelines of Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and Energy held...
Neom to tackle water scarcity with desalination plant
A desalination plant powered by 100 per cent renewable vitality is being labored out for the masterplanned Neom greenfield website in Saudi Arabia. Positioned within the Oxagon, the reimagined industrial space, its purpose is to create a sustainable, ample water provide for residential, industrial, and business use. To understand the imaginative and prescient, Enowa, the...
IDE Water Technologies to Design Largest SWRO Desalination Plant in Brazil
IDE will bring sustainable water solution to Brazil’s drought-stricken city of Fortaleza IDE Technologies, a world leader in desalination and water treatment solutions, today announced that it will design, engineer and supply a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in northern Brazil, bringing a new, sustainable water solution to the region. Secured through the Water...
Aqualia and ACCIONA start the management, operation and maintenance of South Cluster in KSA
The contract is part of a government programme to incentivize the participation of the private sector in the management of water and sanitation in the country. Since the consortium was chosen by the Saudi National Water Company (NWC), a team of 40 highly qualified and multidisciplinary experts has been selected and trained. Their knowledge and...
ACWA Power and EWC Announce the Start of Operations for the First Phase of Al Taweelah IWP, the World’s Largest Reverse Omosis Water Desalination Facility
Current production has reached 454.6 thousand m³/day, amounting to 100 million gallons of desalinated water per day ACWA Power, the world’s largest private operator of desalinated water, owns and operates 15 desalination plants producing over 6.4 million m3/day, enough water to meet the needs of over 40 million people daily ACWA Power, a leading Saudi...