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Acciona Agua to construct two desal plants for Cabo Verde
MARKET PROSPECTS viable concepts for the water industry, water exploration and environmental policies. The event will provide industry experts with a platform for dialogue and exchanging experiences on projects and concrete technical solutions. Under the new Blue Planet format, organized by the German Water Partnership, the latest pressing industry policymaking issues will also be discussed. Topics will include urbanisation, green cities and peace and security related to water. Specialist symposiums such as pipeline and well construction will also focus on individual topics in greater detail and will co-ordinate with trade fair events. Wasser Berlin International runs from 24-27 March 2015.
DESALINATION
Abengoa to develop Saudi solar powered desal plant
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he world’s first large-scale solar powered desalination plant is to be developed in Saudi Arabia by Abengoa. The firm has won a US$130 million contract, with newly formed Advanced Water Technology, to develop the 60 000 m3/day plant. The plant will supply Al Khafji City in North Eastern Saudi Arabia, ensuring a constant water supply throughout the year. The photovoltaic plant will have a system to optimize power consumption and a pretreatment phase to reduce the high level of salinity and the oils and fats present in the region’s seawater. The contract will boost Abengoa’s desalination capacity to nearly 1.5 million m3/day, enough to supply 8.5 million people around the world. Other major Abengoa projects include the Barka desalination plant in Oman and a solar energy plant in Abu Dhabi. This latest project is AWT’s first in desalination water production. The company plans to expand its activities to include water reuse and water management.
Hyflux to build RO desal plant in Oman
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consortium comprising Hyflux Ltd and National Power and
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Pump Industry Analyst
Water Co LLC has received a letter of award for an international tender to design, build, own and operate an independent water project in Qurayyat, Oman from the government-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement Co SAOC (OPWP). The project is worth an estimated US$250 million. Qurayyat IWP will be a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant with a designed capacity of 200 000 cubic metres per day. The project is scheduled to start commercial operation by May 2017 under a 20-year water purchase agreement with OPWP. Hyflux’s role includes turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as operations and maintenance of the plant. The EPC contract is worth US$210 million.
The treatment plant, which will be delivered within 90 days, will integrate a number of technologies to remove dissolved metals, ammonia and other contaminants. The modular design, which will include BluMetric’s first industrial use of LG’s advanced membrane products, will allow the plant to be transported to and re-commissioned at other sites in the future.
PETROCHEMICALS
Jacobs wins engineering services contract from BP in Belgium
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Acciona Agua to construct two desal plants for Cabo Verde
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consortium consisting of Acciona Agua and SADE-CGTH will construct and start up two 5000 m3 desalination plants on islands in the Republic of Cabo Verde under a E16 million contract. The plant on Isla de Sal will serve tourist complexes, while the Isla de São Vicente facility will serve the city of Mindelo, the second biggest in the Cabo Verde archipelago. Construction work on the plants will begin later this year and they will go into service in early 2017.
MINING
BluMetric to provide water treatment plant for Ontario mine
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anadian cleantech company BluMetric Environmental Inc is to design and deliver a water treatment plant for a large, multinational mining company. The C$1.1 million plant will ensure that infiltration water pumped from a northern Ontario mine site meets Ministry of the Environment requirements.
acobs Engineering Group Inc is to provide basic and detailed engineering services to upgrade BP Chembel NV’s facilities in Geel, Belgium. Under the contract, Jacobs is installing new equipment and performing upgrades of the facility’s PTA units. BP’s Geel site is a major producer of purified terephthalic acid and paraxylene, typically used in the manufacture of polyesters.
POWER GENERATION
Doosan awarded power plant contract in Kazakhstan
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oosan Heavy Industries & Construction has won its first power plant project in Kazakhstan. The Korean company is to construct a 310 MW combined cycle thermal power plant, worth KWn340 billion, for Karabatan Utility Solutions (KUS). The Karabatan power plant will be built in a special economic zone within Atyrau Province, north of the Caspian Sea. Under an EPCm (Engineering, Procurement & Construction management) arrangement, Doosan will manage the design, production, construction and commissioning. The project will be completed by February 2018. A petrochemical complex will also be constructed in phases at the Atyrau Province special economic zone. The Karabatan power plant will supply electricity and steam for the petrochemical complex.
January 2015
DESALINATION
Abengoa to develop Saudi solar powered desal plant
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he world’s first large-scale solar powered desalination plant is to be developed in Saudi Arabia by Abengoa. The firm has won a US$130 million contract, with newly formed Advanced Water Technology, to develop the 60 000 m3/day plant. The plant will supply Al Khafji City in North Eastern Saudi Arabia, ensuring a constant water supply throughout the year. The photovoltaic plant will have a system to optimize power consumption and a pretreatment phase to reduce the high level of salinity and the oils and fats present in the region’s seawater. The contract will boost Abengoa’s desalination capacity to nearly 1.5 million m3/day, enough to supply 8.5 million people around the world. Other major Abengoa projects include the Barka desalination plant in Oman and a solar energy plant in Abu Dhabi. This latest project is AWT’s first in desalination water production. The company plans to expand its activities to include water reuse and water management.
Hyflux to build RO desal plant in Oman
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consortium comprising Hyflux Ltd and National Power and
4
Pump Industry Analyst
Water Co LLC has received a letter of award for an international tender to design, build, own and operate an independent water project in Qurayyat, Oman from the government-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement Co SAOC (OPWP). The project is worth an estimated US$250 million. Qurayyat IWP will be a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant with a designed capacity of 200 000 cubic metres per day. The project is scheduled to start commercial operation by May 2017 under a 20-year water purchase agreement with OPWP. Hyflux’s role includes turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as operations and maintenance of the plant. The EPC contract is worth US$210 million.
The treatment plant, which will be delivered within 90 days, will integrate a number of technologies to remove dissolved metals, ammonia and other contaminants. The modular design, which will include BluMetric’s first industrial use of LG’s advanced membrane products, will allow the plant to be transported to and re-commissioned at other sites in the future.
PETROCHEMICALS
Jacobs wins engineering services contract from BP in Belgium
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Acciona Agua to construct two desal plants for Cabo Verde
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consortium consisting of Acciona Agua and SADE-CGTH will construct and start up two 5000 m3 desalination plants on islands in the Republic of Cabo Verde under a E16 million contract. The plant on Isla de Sal will serve tourist complexes, while the Isla de São Vicente facility will serve the city of Mindelo, the second biggest in the Cabo Verde archipelago. Construction work on the plants will begin later this year and they will go into service in early 2017.
MINING
BluMetric to provide water treatment plant for Ontario mine
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anadian cleantech company BluMetric Environmental Inc is to design and deliver a water treatment plant for a large, multinational mining company. The C$1.1 million plant will ensure that infiltration water pumped from a northern Ontario mine site meets Ministry of the Environment requirements.
acobs Engineering Group Inc is to provide basic and detailed engineering services to upgrade BP Chembel NV’s facilities in Geel, Belgium. Under the contract, Jacobs is installing new equipment and performing upgrades of the facility’s PTA units. BP’s Geel site is a major producer of purified terephthalic acid and paraxylene, typically used in the manufacture of polyesters.
POWER GENERATION
Doosan awarded power plant contract in Kazakhstan
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oosan Heavy Industries & Construction has won its first power plant project in Kazakhstan. The Korean company is to construct a 310 MW combined cycle thermal power plant, worth KWn340 billion, for Karabatan Utility Solutions (KUS). The Karabatan power plant will be built in a special economic zone within Atyrau Province, north of the Caspian Sea. Under an EPCm (Engineering, Procurement & Construction management) arrangement, Doosan will manage the design, production, construction and commissioning. The project will be completed by February 2018. A petrochemical complex will also be constructed in phases at the Atyrau Province special economic zone. The Karabatan power plant will supply electricity and steam for the petrochemical complex.
January 2015