Dallas (March 23, 2022) — AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced it has signed a strategic agreement with Genifuel Corporation to scale production of carbon neutral sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and biogas from wild algae and biosolids. The partnership employs a patent-pending process developed by AECOM to harvest wild algae and a patented...
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Thames Water and project partners awarded £1.5million to drive innovation and efficiencies within the water sector
Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge has awarded £1.5million to four Thames Water led projects which will help customers, communities, and the environment The projects will focus on incentivising community rainwater management, standardising digital technology, seasonal forecasting tools and using robots in pressurised sewage systems The Water Breakthrough Challenge is designed to drive innovation and collaboration in...
Having access to water is increasingly a matter of survival in conflict zones
21 March, 2022
PIF-owned ACWA Power sells $105m stake in Saudi desalination plant
PIF-owned ACWA Power has sold its 32-percent stake in a Shuqaiq Water and Electricity Co. at SR391.5 million ($105 million), it said in a bourse filing. Dated back to 2011, Shuqaiq IWPP, which is owned and operated by the company at stake, has 850 megawatt power and 212,000 cubic meters per day water desalination capacity. The move...
Rabigh 3 IWP project achieves Guinness World Records title for World’s largest RO desalination
Facility achieved certification after a three-week process by the independent Records Management Team who examined verifiable, standardisable and measurable evidence. Rabigh 3 IWP produces 600,000 cubic metres of desalinated water per day. Project supplies water to nearly one million households across Makkah Al Mukarramah and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer,...