Desal Data News | Singapore

IDA launches desalination academy

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00

The International Desalination Association (IDA) has created the IDA Desalination Academy, a global institute of desalination higher learning that will offer an accredited set of training events available in various global locations. The mission of the IDA Desalination Academy is…

Middle East, North Africa & Asia

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00

As Egypt’s Holding Company for Water and Wastewater welcomed delegates to its first desal workshop in January, protesters began to gather in Tahrir Square. Government plans had called for the development of a desal roadmap and there were expectations that…

IDA chooses Singapore week to launch desalination academy

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00

The International Desalination Association’s (IDA) newly established Desalination Academy is to be formally launched in conjunction with Singapore International Water Week, 1- 5 July 2012. Additional programs are being planned, with one of the sessions to coincide with the Saudi…

Siemens awarded power plant order from Singapore 

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00

Siemens has received an order from Hyflux subsidiary Hydrochem (S) Pte Ltd to supply the power block and other main components for the new combined-cycle power plant (CCPP) in Singapore. As part of the largest seawater desalination Tuaspring in Singapore,…

Hyflux fails to finance Tuaspring power plant

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Although Hyflux did finance S$150 million ($118 million) of the Tuaspring project’s 318,500 m³/d (84 MGD) SWRO element, it has failed to secure commercial bank financing for the power element of the S$890 million ($727 million) deal, according to November’s…

Tuaspring financing leaves Hyflux exposed

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Hyflux’ failure to secure project finance for the power element of its new 318,500m3/d & 411MW power and water project in Singapore means that its balance sheet is now dangerously exposed to a single asset. The company’s finance costs spiralled…

Clarification on Hyflux's Q3 net profit result

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Singapore-based Hyflux’s Q3 results were incorrectly stated in last week’s issue. The company actually posted a third quarter net profit of S$12.6 million ($10 million) on revenues of S$87.7 million ($69.3 million).

ROPV to Supply the Pressure Vessels for Singapore’s Tuaspring Desalination Plant

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00

ROPV, the largest performance engineered pressure vessels in the Asia Pacific region; today announced that Hyflux has awarded it the contract to supply its pressure vessel requirements. Hyflux’s wholly owned subsidiary, Tuaspring Pte Ltd, will supply the PUB with 84…

Hyflux 3rd quarter net report

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Singapore-based Hyflux has announced a third quarter net loss of S$12.6 million ($10 million) on revenues of S$87.7 million ($69.3 million), down 34 and 36 percent, respectively, from the same period last year. The company said that the results reflect…

Hydranautics to collaborate with Singapore's Memstar

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Membrane manufacturer Nitto Denko/Hydranautics has agreed business collaboration with Memstar Technology Ltd, the Singapore-based manufacturer of high-performance hollow-fiber membranes. Announcing the agreement on 27 October 2011, Nitto Denko said that in its business expansion efforts targeting the wastewater reclamation and…

Hyflux set to move into power generation

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00

Desalination group Hyflux is set to make its foray into power generation when it starts building this quarter a 411-megawatt combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant which is integral to its S$890 million second desalination plant project here at Tuas.…

ROPV to supply pressure vessel to Singapore's desalination plant

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00

ROPV has announced that it has been selected by Hyflux to supply the RO pressure vessels for the 318,000 m³/d (84 MGD) Tuas 2 seawater desalination plant in Singapore. ROPV marketing director Raul Ramos told WDR that it will furnish…

November deadline for Singapore convention abstracts

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00

A deadline of 15 November 2011 has been set for the receipt of abstracts for the Water Convention at the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) in July 2012. As one of the flagship programmes of the SIWW 2012, the Water…

Flowserve's Calder DWEER capacity

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00

Flowserve Follow-up: Yesterday, WDR reported that Flowserve was awarded a contract to supply its Calder DWEER ERDs for Hyflux’s Tuas 2 project in Singapore. Beat Schneider, general manager of Flowserve’s Calder group, confirmed that each of the 68 ERDs has…

Memsys Clearwater appoints Niranjan Sarda

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00

memsys Clearwater has announced the appointment of Niranjan Sarda as its Singapore-based international sales director. He was formerly with Nokia and may be contacted at niranjan.sarda@memsys.sg.