The Spanish company is a global leader in water treatment and desalination with presence in 10 countries, including Brazil, Mexico, the US, and Oman
water desalination
Latest in water desalination
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)
TAQA Morocco and partners eye AED52bn in Moroccan energy and desalination projects
TAQA Morocco signs MoUs for major low-carbon energy, desalination, and infrastructure developments supporting Morocco’s energy transition and water security
Engie SA
ENGIE, NEOM partner on brine valorisation to boost sustainable desalination in Saudi Arabia
The partnership will pilot new brine management solutions, using advanced tech to recover resources and reduce environmental impact in desalination
ACWA Power
ACWA Power, SEWA sign agreement for Sharjah’s first independent water project
The plant will generate nearly 272,000 cubic metre per day of desalinated water by Q2 2027
Abu Dhabi
Mirfa 2 Reverse Osmosis: UAE’s third largest RO desalination plant achieves financial closure
To be built at a cost of $620 million by TAQA and ENGIE, the plant at Mirfa 2 will produce 120 MIGD when operation in Q4 2025
clean energy
France’s Engie invests $12bn in UAE energy, water and green hydrogen
French utilities giant Engie invests $12bn in UAE projects
Abu Dhabi
ACWA Power, EWEC mark start of operations for Phase 1 of the world’s largest RO desalination facility
The plant supports the industries and communities at Al Taweelah and the surrounding areas, and will play a key role in catering to Abu Dhabi’s peak water demand
ACWA Power
Saudi desalination plant to use RO tech to provide water to Makkah, Jeddah
ACWA Power and SWPC will reconfigure Shuaibah 3 into a greenfield RO plant from an energy-intensive facility, reducing power needed to desalinate seawater by 70 percent
Acciona
ACCIONA, ACWA Power, Engie, and GS Inima bid for UAE’s Mirfa 2 water project
The awarding announcement and the execution of the water purchase agreement is expected to take place by Q4 2022
Desalinated water
World’s largest RO desal facility in Abu Dhabi begins providing 100 million gallons per day at 50% capacity
Low carbon-intensive water desalination will ensure that we continue to meet the water demands of Abu Dhabi and beyond, while at the same time significantly reducing CO2 emissions, the CEO of EWEC said
ACWA Power
Saudi’s ACWA Power sees net profit rise to $41.3mn in Q1 2022 despite Covid, Ukraine war disruptions
The Saudi firm saw three water and seven power projects come into operation between February and December 2021, driving growth in the first three months of 2022 by generating additional contractual, operations, and maintenance revenue streams
Abu Dhabi
Desalination investment across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain crosses the $2 billion mark
Annual growth rate of the water desalination sector is at 3 percent in line with the UAE’s plans to meet the growing national demand for water and electricity, the Minister for Energy and Infrastructure said
DEWA
DEWA uses drones to ensure quality of desalinated water
Sirb initiative uses upgradable technologies, such as high definition cameras equipped with night vision and laser technologies, GPS sensors and others
desalination plant
DEWA marks 96.5 percent milestone on its $244 million SWRO desalination plant in Dubai’s Jebel Ali
Increasing the operational efficiency by decoupling desalinated water production from electricity generation will save around $3.53 billion and reduce 44 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2030, the CEO of DEWA said
ACWA Power
ACWA Power’s Rabigh 3 independent water plant in Saudi Arabia claims Guinness World Record
Rabigh 3 IWP has the capacity to produce 600,000 cubic metres of desalinated water per day and can fulfil the water demand of approximately one million households in Saudi Arabia’s western regions of Makkah Al Mukarramah and Jeddah
desalination plant
EtihadWE implements 29 projects worth $816 million to form key inter-emirate water transmission network
Once completed, the projects will provide the necessary infrastructure to deliver 682,000 cubic metres per day through a water transmission network covering Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah, and Fujairah
Drinking water
Behind the Swiss solution to the regional problem of water scarcity
Zero energy water harvester, developed by ETH Zurich researchers, has caught the interest, from Saudi’s giga-projects to goat farmers in Oman
