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The equipment for the seawater desalination plant in Malaysia. State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co sent two engineers to Malaysia to support the construction of a seawater desalination plant in late August. State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co's desalination system uses energy-efficient technology to convert seawater into fresh water. The equipment offers high resource conversion efficiency and low operating costs," …

Work is in full swing to construct the city’s fourth desalination plant at Perur along East Coast Road, just a few kilometres away from the existing plant at Nemmeli. Even as the third desalination plant, with a capacity to treat 150 million litres of seawater a day at Nemmeli, is all set to be inaugurated in a few weeks, civil …

The third desalination plant with a capacity to treat 150 million litres of seawater a day on East Coast Road at Nemmeli is likely to be inaugurated after Pongal. Officials of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board or Metrowater said the plant was being run on a trial basis and about 100 mld of water was being treated …

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ’s seawater desalination plant at Manori was cleared by the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority on November 2. Thackeray, who was Mumbai’s guardian minister for suburbs in MVA rule said, “The desalination plant basically would give us an ideal amount of water supply at a minimal cost. BMC officers said that the plant is being …

KCCI urges Chief Minister to set up seawater desalination plants in DK and Udupi to combat looming water scarcity

The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to set up seawater desalination plants in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts to overcome the inevitable drinking water shortage in the coming days. Mr. Kamath said installing desalination plants is necessary to combat the looming water scarcity in the area. The Plant has proven to be a …

The Biden administration's climate agenda is facing an unexpected challenge in drought-prone Corpus Christi, Texas, where a proposed clean hydrogen hub would require the installation of energy-intensive, expensive and potentially environmentally damaging seawater desalination plants. "Most of the world's planned green hydrogen projects are to be located in water-stressed regions," said Minh Khoi Le, renewable energy analyst at Rystad, adding …

The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has begun work to lay pipelines to draw seawater and discharge brine from the upcoming third desalination plant at Nemmeli. Moreover, over 80% of the work had been finished to lay a pipeline for 47.35 km to distribute treated water from the plant to Pallavaram. On Friday, Municipal Administration and Water Supply …

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — California officials have nixed a proposal for a $1.4 billion desalination plant but say they’re open to growing the state’s capacity to turn Pacific Ocean seawater into drinking water to buffer against persistent drought. Poseidon said in a statement that it was disappointed by the panel’s decision, and believes the project “would have created a sustainable, …

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A California coastal panel on Thursday rejected a long-standing proposal to build a $1.4 billion seawater desalination plant to turn Pacific Ocean water into drinking water as the state grapples with persistent drought that is expected to worsen in coming years with climate change. The state’s Coastal Commission voted unanimously to deny a permit for Poseidon …

Shandong plans to set up a fund worth 5 billion yuan to boost the development of the seawater desalination industry, local media reported. According to Duan Jianwen, an official from the Shandong Provincial Oceanic Administration, Shandong will establish a provincial-level coordination mechanism for the development of the seawater desalination industry, promote the large-scale application of seawater desalination, strengthen scientific research …

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