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The Most Innovative Companies of 2016: #6 in Israel
Like many nations in the Middle East, water is a precious commodity in Israel. Luckily, it's an issue that the country is already addressing, using 60% recycled and desalinated water to power industry and agriculture in the country. One of the leaders in this movement to conserve water is Neotop Water Systems. The company is primarily concerned with maintaining water levels in Israel's reservoirs ...
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How sustainable is renewably powered desalination?
Desalination technologies could help alleviate water shortages, but they need to have low environmental impact. A new life-cycle analysis of desalination options for water supply in off-grid areas indicates that a photovoltaic-powered reverse osmosis system has the least environmental impact of the three technologies considered by the study. An increased use of technologies to remove salt from ...
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ABB wins $144 million order for water transmission system in Abu Dhabi
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a turnkey order worth $144 million from the Abu Dhabi Transmission & Despatch Company (TRANSCO) for a major expansion of a water transmission system in Abu Dhabi to help meet the Emirate’s rising demand for drinking water. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2009. The project will increase the volume of water supplied ...
By ABB
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Abengoa and AWT to develop the world’s first solar-powered desalination plant, in Saudi Arabia
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by Advanced Water Technology (AWT) to jointly develop the world’s first large-scale desalination plant to be powered by solar energy, in Saudi Arabia. AWT is a newly formed company based in Riyadh whose ...
By Abengoa
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Wind power helps Texas town desalinate groundwater
The first project in the United States to use wind power to desalinate drinking water for an inland municipality rather than a coastal town has just received a $500,000 grant from the Texas state Office of Rural Community Affairs, ORCA. The $1.075 million pilot project utilizing wind power to desalinate brackish groundwater in West Texas will be located in the small city of Seminole in Gaines ...
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Triton Forms Joint Venture with Ingemain to Expand Desalination Plant Opportunities in Morocco
Triton Water Group, an established innovator of low-maintenance energy-efficient desalination plants, and Ingemain, engineering specialists in industrial facilities maintenance, have joined forces to promote and maintain Triton’s line of compact desalination plants across the country of Morocco. Under the new agreement, Ingemain will use their long experience in the Moroccan market to ...
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California City Looks to Sea for Water in Drought
This seaside city thought it had the perfect solution the last time California withered in a severe drought more than two decades ago: Tap the ocean to turn salty seawater to fresh water. The $34 million desalination plant was fired up for only three months and mothballed after a miracle soaking of rain. As the state again grapples with historic dryness, the city nicknamed the "American ...
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ABB technology will help bring drinking water to millions in Algeria
An ABB solution for the world’s largest seawater desalination plant using reverse osmosis technology – currently under construction in Algeria - will boost energy efficiency and cut maintenance downtime from weeks to days compared to current industry benchmarks. The solution is a complete and highly optimized electrical package that will power the Magtaa desalination plant in Algeria at an ...
By ABB
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ENERGY RECOVERY INC. TO DELIVER UNMATCHED POWER EFFICIENCY AT MASSIVE DESALINATION PLANT EXPANSION IN AUSTRALIA
SAN LEANDRO, Calif., February 2, 2010—Energy Recovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERII), a leader in the design and development of energy recovery devices for desalination, today announced that ERI PX Pressure Exchanger™ (PX™) devices will be implemented at the desalination plant currently under construction in Port Stanvac, Australia. The AdelaideAgua consortium—a joint venture ...
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Access to water for world`s poor
With many arid regions of Africa and Asia suffering from severe water shortages, European enterprises are stepping in to lend a helping hand, providing local communities with the tools necessary to supply themselves with drinkable water. In the past, solutions have traditionally focused on large industrial desalination plants which are capable of supplying 50 million cubic metres of fresh water ...
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Hazards Associated with Water Desalination Plants and How to Mitigate Them
The Rising Tide of Water Desalination Plants Desalination plants are making waves in the global effort to combat water scarcity. With a staggering 16,000 facilities across the globe, this technology is increasingly being leveraged to secure fresh water for arid and coastal regions. These powerhouses pump out an impressive volume of brine daily, 142 million cubic meters (5 billion cubic feet), ...
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MENA market set to revolutionise global PV market with on grid and desalination opportunities
As part of the recent announcement of the 6th Middle East and North Africa Solar Conference 2014 (MENASOL, 6-7 May, Dubai), PV Insider has produced “PV in MENA: Turning Policy into Projects” a guide providing detailed business intelligence on how to get projects developed. With Jordan, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia all set to tender for large-scale PV within the next 12 months the ...
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Peristaltic pumps drive the UK’s move towards desalination
Desalination – the treatment to turn seawater into tap water – is rapidly gaining ground in the UK. Nicola Martin discovers the crucial role that peristaltic technology is playing in this type of water treatment.Following trials and small-scale plants in the drought-ridden South East, the UK’s first large-scale desalination plant is due to open in 2010 at Beckton, East London. Treating seawater ...
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As India`s water woes increase, desalination emerges as a sustainable solution, finds Frost & Sullivan
The rapid industrial development in India is escalating demand for fresh water in the increasingly water-stressed country. Owing to India's large coastline, desalination is considered one of the most viable water supply alternatives. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.environmental.frost.com), Analysis of Growth Opportunities in the Indian Desalination Market, finds that the ...
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`Snapshot of the Indian Desalination Market - A promising segment to halt the alarming water crises in India` - Complimentary Analyst Briefing from Frost & Sullivan
The increasing population, shrinking per capita water availability, economic expansion, and industrial growth have led to a high demand for fresh water. Desalination has evolved as a viable water supply alternative, which allows tapping the largest water reservoir in the world - the ocean. The Desalination Market is in its development stage in India, with a share of 450,000-500,000 cubic meters ...
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Black & Veatch Awarded Desalination Research Contract
AwwaRF/California Energy Commission study will yield recommendations for design and operation of desalination facilities to improve energy efficiency Kansas City, Mo. – Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced today it is leading a multinational study to evaluate optimal desalination facility design and operation for improving energy ...
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With more research, desalination could boost US water supplies
Recent advances in technology have made removing salt from seawater and groundwater a realistic option for increasing water supplies in some parts of the US and desalination will likely have a niche in meeting the nation's future water needs, says a new report from the National Research Council. However, a coordinated research effort with steady funding is required to better understand and ...
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A system that’s worth its salt
New approach to water desalination could lead to small, portable units that could be sent to disaster sites or remote locations. Potable water is often in high demand and short supply following a natural disaster like the Haiti earthquake or Hurricane Katrina. In both of those instances, the disaster zones were near the sea, but converting salty seawater to potable fresh water usually requires a ...
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