Water & Wastewater Treatment News For The Power Generation Industry

1. Fluence Awarded US$3.5M Contract For Plant In Argentina
   8/9/2018

   Fluence Corporation Limited is pleased to announce that it has received a US$3.5M contract to design and build a water treatment plant for a prominent power plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2. Sylvan Source (SSI) Announces Successful Pilot Test With California Utility, Employing Clean In Place (CIP)
   8/6/2018

   SSI announces a successful pilot test has been concluded with Southern California Edison (SCE) in which SSI’s patent-pending CIP mechanism was deployed enabling SSI’s Core water treatment system to operate continuously, treating cooling tower blowdown effluent directly without requiring any pretreatment systems or chemicals.

3. PUB And NEA To Call Over S$5B In Tenders For Tuas Nexus
   7/8/2018

   PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency and the National Environment Agency (NEA) will be calling tenders with a total estimated value of more than S$5 billion over the next five years for civil, mechanical and electrical engineering works for the Tuas Nexus.

4. Department Of Energy Invests $8.8M In Innovative Technologies To Enhance Fossil Energy Power Systems
   7/2/2018

   The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 15 projects to receive nearly $8.8M in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects to develop innovative technologies that enhance fossil energy power systems.

5. Preparing For The Next Big Drought: Sunvapor Receives $1.5M Award From U.S. Department Of Energy
   6/25/2018

   Sunvapor, Inc., a company that develops technology solutions to sustainability challenges, announced that it was selected to receive a $1.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to advance solar-thermal desalination technologies, which can reduce costs and expand the market for producing freshwater from otherwise unusable water.  

6. DOE Funds Field Test Of Rice’s Solar Desalination Technology
   6/25/2018

   The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $1.7M to a Rice University-led team for further development and field testing of an innovative desalination technology that uses nanoparticles and sunlight to treat water.

7. State Of Hawaii Secures $2M In Federal Funding For Solar Desalination Development
   6/20/2018

   The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) is set to receive a $2M award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to advance solar-thermal desalination technologies, which can reduce cost and expand the market for creating freshwater from otherwise unusable waters.  

8. Department Of Energy Announces $21M To Advance Solar Desalination Technologies
   6/19/2018

   Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $21M for new projects to advance solar-thermal desalination technologies.

9. Water Use Across The United States Declines To Levels Not Seen Since 1970
   6/19/2018

   Water use across the country reached its lowest recorded level in 45 years. According to a new USGS report, 322 billion gallons of water per day (Bgal/d) were withdrawn for use in the United States during 2015.

10. Enel Becomes Peru’s Main Renewable Player After Commissioning Country’s Largest Wind Farm
    6/14/2018

    Enel is now Peru’s leading renewable energy generator with around 1.1 GW of installed capacity following the commissioning of Wayra I which, with more than 132 MW, is Peru’s largest wind farm currently in full service.