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Desalination plant in Singapore uses IDE Technologies' RO systems
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US ethanol law reforms open up new opportunities for H2O Innovation
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2O Innovation Inc is taking advantage of changes to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, which were announced recently to allow year-round sales of E15 fuel, which contains 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline. The company, which designs and provides custombuilt and integrated water treatment systems based on membrane filtration technology, for municipal, industrial, energy and natural resources end-users, says that in anticipation of the year-round E15 availability, it has delivered eight capital equipment projects in the ethanol industry over the past months – all of which are located in the Midwestern USA. On 3 June, the EPA announced a change in the laws that restricted E15 ethanol fuel sales from 1 June to 15 September. This blackout period deterred retailers from offering E15 at all since they would have to change pumps and warning labels at the start and end of each summer. Instead, they would stay with E10 fuel, with 10% ethanol. It is estimated that only 1% of the 122 000 filling stations in the USA offer E15 fuel. After the EPA ruling, every service station is now able to offer E15 all year round. Ethanol provides oxygen, making gasoline burn more cleanly in engines and helps reduce pollution. A recent installation in Ohio brings H2O Innovation’s installed base in the ethanol sector to more than 35 plants with a total membrane capacity of about 56 781 m3 (15.0 million gallons) per day. ‘We have worked closely with our customers to bring state-of-the-art membrane applications to the industry, including both polymeric and ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) membranes, as well as reverse osmosis (RO), for a variety of applications,’ explained Gregory Madden, Vice President – Aftermarket & Digital Solutions, H2O Innovation ‘Through existing relationships with ethanol producers, H2O Innovation is now well positioned to capture new opportunities and meet the increasing demand as this industry grows again with the E15 legislation.’
Technologies is supplying the reverse osmosis (RO) system for the Jurong Island Desalination Plant (JIDP). Scheduled to be completed in June 2020, the plant is set to be Singapore’s fifth desalination plant. The facility, which will have a capacity of 135 000 m3 (35.7 million gallons) per day, will produce high-quality water for the small city-state. Large desalination plants are part of the four main sources that provide water across the city, in addition to water imported from Malaysia, extensive rain-water collection, and storage and water reuse facilities distributing water to potable quality. Singapore has set a target to have desalinated water meet up to 30% of its future water needs by 2060. For further information, visit: www.ide-tech.com
2019 IDA World Congress set to be held in October
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Desalination plant in Singapore uses IDE Technologies’ RO systems
he International Desalination Association’s (IDA) 2019 World Congress is scheduled to be held on 20–24 October in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Hosted by the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), more than 1500 delegates from public and private sectors of the industry worldwide are expected to attend the event that is being run under the theme “crossroads to sustainability”. This is the second IDA World Congress to be held in Dubai over the past 10 years. The centre-piece of the congress is a four-day technical programme that covers all aspects of desalination and water reuse technologies as a means of ensuring the sustainability of the world’s water resources. With more than 300 papers – spread across 10 technical topics – the programme will explore areas such as reverse osmosis, fouling and biofouling, membrane distillation, pretreatment and electrodialysis, and practices and experiences from around the world. Debuting at the 2019 World Congress are the IDA Leaders Summit, held in parallel with the technical programme, and the IDA-Affiliate Majlis Discussion Forums, designed to initiate dialogue with IDA’s affiliate organisations. The Leaders Summit comprises a Leaders with Community session, which is open to all conference delegates on the afternoon of Monday, 21 October and a Leaders with Leaders one-day, invitation-only programme that will take place on Tuesday, 22 October.
esalination and water treatment technology company IDE
For further information, visit: https://wc.idadesal.org
For further information, visit: www.h2oinnovation.com
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Membrane Technology
Aquaporin’s annual report highlights results and milestones for 2018
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quaporin A/S, a water technology company based in Denmark, with activities in Singapore and China, recently published its annual report for 2018. It revealed that revenue for year totalled DKK7.9 million, compared with DKK2.1 million in 2017, and a loss for the period amounted to DKK71.6 million, compared with DKK64.4 million a year earlier. The last financial year also saw Aquaporin accelerating its journey into becoming a fully integrated, customer-focused company, including in-house large-scale production and commercialisation activities. It says that it is targeting high growth consumer and industrial segments of the global market for water purification, and from current bases in Europe, Asia and North America, its expanding its global reach. Amongst other activities, specific commercial milestones that were achieved in 2018 include the launch of new Aquaporin Inside® reverse osmosis (RO) products for drinking water applications and industrial size Aquaporin Inside forward osmosis (FO) products for industrial water treatment. It also acquired full ownership of Aquaporin Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore and established a direct sales office in the USA, Aquaporin US (Membrane Technology November 2018, page 1 and January 2019, page 16, respectively). Aquaporin says that it has invested heavily in technology development and production. It has installed production capacity for the industrial kg-scale fermentation and downstream processing of aquaporin proteins and for the manufacture of the Aquaporin Inside formulation on, what it terms, a ton-scale. It has also installed production capacity for making up to 2 million m2 of flat-sheet Aquaporin Inside RO membranes. Proprietary knowledge related to all technology and production milestones has been secured by filing four novel patent families during 2018 – strengthening and securing the firm’s commercial position in the field of aquaporin-based products for the next two decades. For further information, visit: www.aquaporin.com
August 2019
US ethanol law reforms open up new opportunities for H2O Innovation
H
2O Innovation Inc is taking advantage of changes to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, which were announced recently to allow year-round sales of E15 fuel, which contains 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline. The company, which designs and provides custombuilt and integrated water treatment systems based on membrane filtration technology, for municipal, industrial, energy and natural resources end-users, says that in anticipation of the year-round E15 availability, it has delivered eight capital equipment projects in the ethanol industry over the past months – all of which are located in the Midwestern USA. On 3 June, the EPA announced a change in the laws that restricted E15 ethanol fuel sales from 1 June to 15 September. This blackout period deterred retailers from offering E15 at all since they would have to change pumps and warning labels at the start and end of each summer. Instead, they would stay with E10 fuel, with 10% ethanol. It is estimated that only 1% of the 122 000 filling stations in the USA offer E15 fuel. After the EPA ruling, every service station is now able to offer E15 all year round. Ethanol provides oxygen, making gasoline burn more cleanly in engines and helps reduce pollution. A recent installation in Ohio brings H2O Innovation’s installed base in the ethanol sector to more than 35 plants with a total membrane capacity of about 56 781 m3 (15.0 million gallons) per day. ‘We have worked closely with our customers to bring state-of-the-art membrane applications to the industry, including both polymeric and ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) membranes, as well as reverse osmosis (RO), for a variety of applications,’ explained Gregory Madden, Vice President – Aftermarket & Digital Solutions, H2O Innovation ‘Through existing relationships with ethanol producers, H2O Innovation is now well positioned to capture new opportunities and meet the increasing demand as this industry grows again with the E15 legislation.’
Technologies is supplying the reverse osmosis (RO) system for the Jurong Island Desalination Plant (JIDP). Scheduled to be completed in June 2020, the plant is set to be Singapore’s fifth desalination plant. The facility, which will have a capacity of 135 000 m3 (35.7 million gallons) per day, will produce high-quality water for the small city-state. Large desalination plants are part of the four main sources that provide water across the city, in addition to water imported from Malaysia, extensive rain-water collection, and storage and water reuse facilities distributing water to potable quality. Singapore has set a target to have desalinated water meet up to 30% of its future water needs by 2060. For further information, visit: www.ide-tech.com
2019 IDA World Congress set to be held in October
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Desalination plant in Singapore uses IDE Technologies’ RO systems
he International Desalination Association’s (IDA) 2019 World Congress is scheduled to be held on 20–24 October in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Hosted by the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), more than 1500 delegates from public and private sectors of the industry worldwide are expected to attend the event that is being run under the theme “crossroads to sustainability”. This is the second IDA World Congress to be held in Dubai over the past 10 years. The centre-piece of the congress is a four-day technical programme that covers all aspects of desalination and water reuse technologies as a means of ensuring the sustainability of the world’s water resources. With more than 300 papers – spread across 10 technical topics – the programme will explore areas such as reverse osmosis, fouling and biofouling, membrane distillation, pretreatment and electrodialysis, and practices and experiences from around the world. Debuting at the 2019 World Congress are the IDA Leaders Summit, held in parallel with the technical programme, and the IDA-Affiliate Majlis Discussion Forums, designed to initiate dialogue with IDA’s affiliate organisations. The Leaders Summit comprises a Leaders with Community session, which is open to all conference delegates on the afternoon of Monday, 21 October and a Leaders with Leaders one-day, invitation-only programme that will take place on Tuesday, 22 October.
esalination and water treatment technology company IDE
For further information, visit: https://wc.idadesal.org
For further information, visit: www.h2oinnovation.com
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Membrane Technology
Aquaporin’s annual report highlights results and milestones for 2018
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quaporin A/S, a water technology company based in Denmark, with activities in Singapore and China, recently published its annual report for 2018. It revealed that revenue for year totalled DKK7.9 million, compared with DKK2.1 million in 2017, and a loss for the period amounted to DKK71.6 million, compared with DKK64.4 million a year earlier. The last financial year also saw Aquaporin accelerating its journey into becoming a fully integrated, customer-focused company, including in-house large-scale production and commercialisation activities. It says that it is targeting high growth consumer and industrial segments of the global market for water purification, and from current bases in Europe, Asia and North America, its expanding its global reach. Amongst other activities, specific commercial milestones that were achieved in 2018 include the launch of new Aquaporin Inside® reverse osmosis (RO) products for drinking water applications and industrial size Aquaporin Inside forward osmosis (FO) products for industrial water treatment. It also acquired full ownership of Aquaporin Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore and established a direct sales office in the USA, Aquaporin US (Membrane Technology November 2018, page 1 and January 2019, page 16, respectively). Aquaporin says that it has invested heavily in technology development and production. It has installed production capacity for the industrial kg-scale fermentation and downstream processing of aquaporin proteins and for the manufacture of the Aquaporin Inside formulation on, what it terms, a ton-scale. It has also installed production capacity for making up to 2 million m2 of flat-sheet Aquaporin Inside RO membranes. Proprietary knowledge related to all technology and production milestones has been secured by filing four novel patent families during 2018 – strengthening and securing the firm’s commercial position in the field of aquaporin-based products for the next two decades. For further information, visit: www.aquaporin.com
August 2019