Veolia Wins $320 Million Water Technology Contract for World’s Most Energy-efficient Desalination Plant, Enhancing Water Security in UAE
14 Maio 2024 - 3:22AM
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- With a capacity of 818,000 cubic meters per day, this reverse
osmosis desalination plant will supply drinking water to 2 million
people.
- Advanced reverse osmosis technologies combined with Veolia’s
extensive expertise in critical pretreatment and posttreatment
stages, have reduced the energy used to desalinate seawater by 35%
over the past ten years.
- This new generation of plants at the cutting edge of energy
efficiency is fully in line with Veolia's GreenUp strategic
plan, thanks to the accelerated deployment of solutions to
preserve water resources.
Regulatory News:
Veolia (Paris:VIE), world water technology leader, through its
subsidiary SIDEM, will engineer and supply key technology for the
Hassyan seawater desalination plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(UAE). Commissioned by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)
and ACWA Power, the plant will be the second largest desalination
plant based on reverse osmosis (RO) technology in the world, and
the largest desalination plant powered by solar energy. This
significant project underlines Veolia's commitment, reaffirmed in
its new GreenUp strategic plan, to provide sustainable, low-carbon
and energy-efficient solutions, while guaranteeing the preservation
of water resources in a context of adaptation to climate
change.
Located approximately 55 kilometers southwest of Dubai Creek,
the Hassyan desalination plant will have a capacity of 818,000
cubic meters per day (m3/d) — 180 million imperial gallons per day
(MIGD) — providing a safe and reliable source of drinking water to
two million people. The plant will start operating in 2026, with a
gradual ramp-up to full capacity in 2027. The project is part of a
broader strategy to sustainably increase water desalination
capacity, to help support Dubai's increasing demand for water in
domestic and commercial settings. Furthermore, this plant will be
the largest desalination plant powered by solar energy in the
world.
This project will feature an exceptional energy efficiency
performance, with an incredibly low energy consumption rate of 2,9
kilowatt-hours per cubic meter (kWh/m3). SIDEM's extensive
expertise in large-scale desalination, including the critical
pre-treatment and post-treatment stages, has helped maximize the
potential of RO technology in terms of energy efficiency, reducing
the energy consumption of RO desalination plants by a further 35%
over the past 10 years.
The plant is located near the Jebel Ali Wetland Sanctuary, a
Ramsar protected site recognized by the Convention on Biological
Diversity as an ecologically or biologically significant marine
area of international importance. To ensure the uninterrupted
nesting process of endangered turtles, construction activities have
carefully been planned around the breeding season. Additionally,
the plant adheres strictly to environmental laws and regulations in
terms of composition, temperature and quantity of brine discharged,
with discharge areas thoughtfully selected to mitigate any
potential impact on the ecosystem.
Estelle Brachlianoff, Chief Executive Officer of Veolia,
said : “All over the world, people are looking for solutions to
climate change. The watchword is adaptation: at Veolia, we have
solutions to act as a catalyst for ecological transformation, which
is the thrust of our GreenUp strategic plan. This latest
achievement confirms our leading position in water technologies.
Our commitment to high operational and environmental standards has
been the driving force behind our leadership in desalination for
over 50 years. Our efforts have made the impossible possible,
reducing the energy consumption of large-scale desalination to 2,9
kWh/m3.”
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ABOUT VEOLIA
Veolia’s ambition is to become the benchmark company for
ecological transformation. With nearly 218,000 employees on five
continents, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical
solutions for managing water, waste and energy that help to
radically change the world. Through its three complementary
activities, Veolia contributes to developing access to resources,
preserving available resources and renewing them. In 2023, the
Veolia group served 113 million people with drinking water and 103
million with wastewater services, produced 42 terawatt-hours of
energy and recovered 63 million metric tons of waste. Veolia
Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) generated consolidated sales of
€45.3 billion in 2023. www.veolia.com
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