Solar Powered Desalination Plant Saudi Arabia

In january 2015 advanced water technology awt and abengoa agreed to jointly build the solar powered plant.

Solar powered desalination plant saudi arabia. A new solar powered desalination plant is now being built in the. In saudi arabia freshwater is a precious and rare commodity. A desalination plant in al khafji saudi arabia is powered by fossil fuels. Saudi arabia plans to use a new solar technology to desalinate seawater at neom a mega city that it s developing along the country s northern red sea coast.

If saudi arabia and solar power don t look quite right together it s time to shake off that 1970s oil crisis dust and take a look at the country s recent forays into renewable energy. Saudi arabia is burdened by a limited access to renewable and non renewable sources of water. The plant will desalinate 60 000 cubic metres of seawater per day enough to provide the city of al khafji a stable supply of drinking water. The plant in jubail was the world s largest desalination plant when it was built in 2009.

To be built in al khafji city the al khafji desalination plant will be one of the world s first large scale solar powered desalination plants. A saudi arabia company is to build the world s first large scale solar powered water desalination plant using solar pv to provide much of its power needs during daylight hours. Abengoa the company building the plant currently has. Chip hires gamma rapho getty images drink up.

This led to an unsustainable management of this vital resource and pushed the country towards desalination.