Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that its pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant that it is implementing in Hatta is 94.15% complete, with generator installations currently under way in preparation for a trial operation in the first quarter of 2025. As part of the preparations, the filling of the plant’s upper dam, which includes...
SWPC announce the Preferred and Reserve bidders and their Levelized Water Transmission Costs for Jubail – Buraydah IWTP: Status Consortium Levelized Cost (in SAR/m3) Preferred Bidder Al Jomaih Energy & Water Co. Ltd. – Nesma Company Ltd. – Buhur for Investment Co. 3.59468 Reserve Bidder Vision International Investment Company –Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC...
Singapore, 11 November 2024 – PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, is proposing amendments to the Sewerage and Drainage Act (SDA) to better secure our used water system to safeguard sustainable production of NEWater, and enhance flood resilience by better protecting the stormwater drainage system and keeping it in proper working order. The amendments to the...
ACCIONA’s Water business has obtained ISO 55001 certification in recognition of the implementation of its new asset management policy. It has achieved this with the backing of AENOR, a leading trust-building organisation. The standard establishes the requirements for an asset management system that maximises the value of assets throughout their useful life. ISO 55001 recognises...
Continuing its efforts to meet customer demand for desalinated water efficiently and reliably through a range of innovative initiatives that maximize existing assets without increasing capital costs, and utilizing the sector’s national capabilities, the water production teams at the Al-Majma’ah purification plant have successfully achieved a 62% increase in production from the same operational assets....
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Partanna Oasis [Ltd.], an Abu Dhabi-based climate technology company, has signed the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Declaration (ADSFD), run by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Signing of the Declaration is a demonstration of Partanna’s commitment to supporting the UAE’s drive to create a green economy as the company establishes and grows its...
On 31 October 2024, Belgian grid operator Elia announced the result of the country’s 4th CRM auction and the selection of ENGIE’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Kallo. This project for a new 100 MW lithium-ion battery farm, for which the permit application was submitted in March 2023, will be supported by a 15-year...
Sacyr Water and Ferrovial, through Ferrovial Construcción and Cadagua, will expand and operate the Aguilas desalination plant in Murcia, for a four-year period, extensible for an additional year. This project is worth €51.5 million and will turn this plant into the second largest in Spain, with a desalination capacity of 70 hm3/year. This project, awarded by Acuamed, will increase the...
From 2027, a new, state-of-the-art plant of water treatment company Aquafin at ArcelorMittal Belgium’s site in the port of Ghent will recover energy from the wastewater of 4 million inhabitants for reuse on site. Aquafin entrusted the design, build, financing, operation and maintenance of the plant to the BESIX-Indaver consortium. FOSTER, the ‘Special Purpose Vehicle’...
Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it has supplied reverse osmosis (RO) and ultrafiltration (UF) membranes to the Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP) Balikpapan Project in Indonesia. This is one of the largest initiatives for PT Pertamina (Persero), the nation’s premier oil refiner. That project aims to lift daily capacity at one of that company’s...
