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DesalData Weekly - April 11th, 2018

Posted 11 April, 2018 by Mandy

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Seawater Desalination Plant in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Credit: Protenders.com

IRAN – Hyflux has announced that it has secured a contract with Asia Water Development Engineering Company (AWDEC) for the design, manufacturing and supply of a seawater reverse osmosis desalination project in Bandar Abbas. Local marine, civil and structural works are excluded from the $110.7 million project, but there is an option for add-ons such as equipment and technical advisors, which is valued at $12.9 million.[1]

The project is part of the proposed Saghi Kosar (SAKO) Desalination and Power Plant in Bandar Abbas. The desalination plant will be designed to produce 200,000 m3 water per day and will be the first out of five desalination plants that AWDEC plans to build for the SAKO Desalination and Power Plant. When finalized the five desalination plants will have a combined capacity of 1 million m3/d.  

 

EGYPT – Mostafa Madbouli, Egypt’s Minister of Housing, has confirmed that six of the nineteen desalination plants already under construction on the country’s Red and Mediterranean Sea coastlines will be fully operational by the end of 2018.  The six desalination plants are part of the National Water Plan, which also includes wastewater treatment facilities. Several other desalination plants with a production capacity of 100,000m3/d or greater have already been built in the coastal governorate of Marsa Matrouh.[2]

 

INDIA – Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed an agreement with the Government of India to provide an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of $283 million to build a 400,000m3/d seawater desalination plant in Chennai.[3] The aim of the project is to provide a safe and reliable water supply for residents in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.

 

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Offiicials brief the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior on the progress of the work Credit: gulftimes.com

 

QATAR – Construction of the Umm Al Houl (Facility D) Power Plant of the Qatar Electricity and Water Company is at 99% completion.[4] The plant is one of the largest desalination and power generation plants in the region. The $3 billion facility will supply up to 2.52 GW of electricity and 590,000 m3/d of water to 2.5 million homes in the area, equivalent to 25% of Qatar’s electricity needs and 30% of its water needs.

 

RUSSIA – Rosatom, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, provides desalination facilities co-located with nuclear power plants, and has stated hopes to expand its operations in the Middle East, growing demand for both freshwater and electricity, with hybrid desalination plants which daily produce up to 170,000 m3 water per nuclear power unit.[5]

Rosatom is already constructing a nuclear desalination plant in Dabaa, Egypt, with a  water production capacity of 170,000m3/d, which is slated for commissioning in 2022.

 

 LIBYA – Authorities in Libya have announced plans to build a new desalination plant in Misrata. Representatives from the Misrata Municipal Council, the General Desalination Company of Libya, and the local water company have visited the proposed site of the project.[6] No dates were given for the scheduling of construction or commissioning.

 

[1]  Lee Meixian, “Hyflux awarded 68.7m euros deal for seawater desalination package in Iran”, businesstimes.com.sg, April 6, 2018.

<https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/hyflux-awarded-687m-euros-deal-for-seawater-desalination-package-in-iran> accessed April 9, 2018.

[2]  “Egypt establishing 19 desalination plants to use Red and Mediterranean Seas’ waters”, egyptindependent.com, April 4, 2018.

<http://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-establishing-19-desalination-plants-to-use-red-and-mediterranean-seas-waters/> accessed April 9, 2018.

[3] “JICA signs loan assistance for setting up desalination plant”, business-standard.com, April 3, 2018.

<http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/jica-signs-loan-assistance-for-setting-up-desalination-plant-118040300732_1.html> accessed April 10, 2018.

[4] “Umm Al Houl Power plant 99% complete”, gulf-times.com, April 5, 2018.

<http://www.gulf-times.com/story/587892/Umm-Al-Houl-power-plant-99-complete> accessed April 10, 2018.

[5]  Dmitry Repin, “Seawater desalination: Taking nuclear one step further”, technicalreviewmiddleeast.com, April 2, 2018.

<http://www.technicalreviewmiddleeast.com/power-a-water/water-a-environment/seawater-desalination-taking-nuclear-one-step-further> accessed April 9, 2018.

[6] Housam Najjair, “New Desalination Plant to be Built in Misrata,” Observer, April 4, 2018. <https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/new-desalination-plant-be-built-misrata> accessed April 9, 2018.

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