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DesalData Weekly - December 21, 2022

Posted 21 December, 2022 by Mandy

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Membrane units of a desalination plant. Credit: SPA

SAUDI ARABIAThe Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) of Saudi Arabia announced plans for an integrated reverse osmosis membrane desalination plant. The plant will be the first of its kind in the Middle East and only the second outside of Japan. Construction of the plant will be carried out by a Saudi-Japanese team in partnership with the Local Content and Government Procurement Authority, and the Government Expenditure and Projects Efficiency Authority. (ARAB NEWS)

The Saline Water Conversion Corporation recently also announced that it has signed contracts with local and international companies to convert brine effluents of reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plants into useful chemicals and salts for Saudi industries. The project will extract bromine, lithium, potassium, magnesium, calcium and sodium from the brine for use in petrochemical, pharmaceutical and metallurgical industries. SWCC produces more than 4 billion cubic meters of brine each year. Saudi Arabia’s investments in desalination brine mining are expected to reach $213 million in 2024 and $2.1 billion by 2030 and will contribute $400 million annually to the Kingdom’s GDP by 2030. (Zawya).

   

SPAINACCIONA has launched an initiative with the aim of developing a biological indicator to preventively determine the presence of agents causing fouling in seawater reverse osmosis desalination. The WITNESS project utilizes a new fouling indicator developed by the company to provide a preventive diagnosis to adjust the operating conditions of a desalination plant, to minimize fouling and its consequences on the desalination process. The WITNESS indicator will be integrated with other operation indicators of the reverse osmosis stage into an artificial intelligence-based fouling potential prediction tool, which will be validated in the innovation facilities of the company. (African Review)

 

SHUAIBAH IWPP, SAUDI ARABIA. Images courtesy ACWA Power. Image used for illustrative purpose.

Shuabiah IWPP, Saudi Arabia Credit: ACWA Power

 

SAUDI ARABIAACWA Power announced the financial close for the Shuabiah 3 IWP Project at a total cost of $821 million. The project involves a joint venture between ACWA Power (which has 68% equity stake) and Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel). Under a 25-year offtake contract with the Saudi Water Partnership Company, the JV will complete the development, financing, design, engineering, construction, procurement, testing and commissioning, operation and maintenance of the project.

A consortium of financiers including Standard Chartered Bank, MUFC, ADIB, SNB, BOC, SAIB, ICBC, KDB and Warba Bank will finance $632 million senior debt facilities on a non-recourse project finance basis. The JV has also secured Equity Bridge loan facilities of $189 million from the SABB and Riyad bank. (Construction Week)

 

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