A desalination plant to be built on the shores of Fujairah over the next two-and-a-half years will aim to set a new standard for energy efficiency in the region.
The plant, part of an extension to the Fujairah F1 Independent Water and Power Plant in Al Qidfa, aims to achieve a specific energy consumption of 3.7 kilowatt hours for every cubic metre of water produced.
“This is a record for the Gulf region,” said Jesus Sancho, Middle East regional director of Acciona Agua, the company leading the consortium, which earlier this month won the contract to design and build the facility.
Typically, projects in the region have requirements of between four and six kilowatt hours per cubic metre, said Dr Corrado Sommariva, Managing Director Generation at ILF Consulting Engineers in Abu Dhabi.
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