Singapore officially opens fifth desalination plant which is 5% more energy efficient

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Sunday officially opened the country’s fifth desalination plant, which is about 5 per cent more energy efficient than conventional desalination plants.

Constructed under the Design, Build, Own and Operate model, the Jurong Island Desalination Plant will be operated by a consortium formed by Tuas Power and ST Engineering for a 25-year period. The consortium was picked as preferred bidder for the project in 2017. This helps to provide “slightly cleaner feedwater” as there is a basic level of filtration at the point the sea water enters TMUC. The Jurong Island Desalination Plant also enjoys reduced pumping cost for sea water as a result, said Tuas Power president and chief executive Jiang Hanbin in a speech delivered at the opening ceremony.

Apart from being one of the more energy efficient plants in Singapore, the Jurong Island Desalination Plant is also equipped with the latest proven water-treatment equipment and membrane technologies, such as dissolved air flotation, ultra-filtration and reverse osmosis.Given how it is highly automated, it needs just a three-man team to run the entire plant’s operations from a control room.

“Although seawater desalination is the most expensive way to produce water, due to the energy required, it is nevertheless an essential source of drinking water for Singapore,” said PUB’s chef executive Ng Joo Hee in the press release. Through the scale-up and validation of these technologies, the energy to produce one cubic meter of desalinated water could potentially be reduced from 3.5 kilowatt hours to less than 2 kilowatt hours by 2025, he said.

Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)

Nearer to ditch Johor troubled waters..

Being cancer-stricken and begging CPF Board to repay overdue debt; that which in any case cannot be done as the money had been commingled and funneled to private entity Temasek Holdings for Ho Ching to wager on unviable, untenable and ultimately, invariably doomed gambles

Can use the electrolytic salt solution to generate electricity in addition to the solar cells mah?

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Nominations open for awards to recognise everyday heroes doing good in Singapore
Source: straits_times - 🏆 5. / 69 Read more »

Nominations open for awards to recognise everyday heroes doing good in SingaporeNominations are now open for this year's Singapore Silent Heroes Award, where five everyday heroes in will be lauded. The award, in its ninth year, is organised by non-profit Civilians Association Singapore (CAS). It recognises those who have made a difference in society...
Source: thenewpaper - 🏆 7. / 63 Read more »

JustCo to open new co-working centre at International Plaza; expands Apac footprintJustCo will open a new 50,000 sq ft centre at International Plaza, targeted to open in 2023 (Photo: Samuel Isaac Chua/The Edge Singapore)SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) - Flexible workspace provider JustCo will open a new centre at International Plaza. Targeted for opening in early 2023, the centre will take up an entire floor, encompassing some 50,000 sq ft. It will be operated under a management contract with the site’s landlord, I Associated Company. The new centre is JustCo’s 18th co-working space in S
Source: YahooSG - 🏆 3. / 71 Read more »

Singapore karaoke guide (2022): Cheapest KTVs in Singapore to sing your heart outMark your calendars guys! KTVs are finally opening again from April 19, 2022! After a few sad years of singing in my bathroom (and hearing my parents shouting at me to keep quiet)… To be fair, the acoustics are decent, I can choose any song I want, and no one’s gonna judge me. However, I still miss the excitement of...
Source: asiaonecom - 🏆 10. / 59 Read more »

Finance Minister Lawrence Wong to visit the US, attend G20 and World Bank-IMF meetingsSINGAPORE — Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong will make a 10-day visit to the United States from Saturday (April 16), said Singapore's Ministry of Finance (MOF) in a news release. Applying membership
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »