Abengoa solutions to water scarcity in the Middle East

Innovative technology solutions for sustainability

ABENGOA Improving Existing Asset Management to Improve Energy Consumption

January 2014


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Water scarcity in the Middle East

What can be done? Improve water management by:

• Efficient water use • Groundwater conservation • Adequate water tariffs • Creating new water sources (reuse and desalination)

Desalination plays and will play a critical role in the future water supply for Middle Eastern countries


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Trends in desalination technologies

MSF MED VC SWRO

Annual new contracted desalination capacity by technology1

Energy use for alternative desalination technologies2

1 GWI, Global Water Markets 2014 2 Adapted from Voutchkov N., Desalination Engineering Planning and Desing, McGraw Hill, 2013.


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Case study: Optimized power consumption in Chennai

Desalination plant in Chennai (100 ML/day)

• Specific Power: 3,51 kWh/m3

• Power Ratio Average Aug’12 to Jan’13: 2,55 kWh/m3

• Power Saved: 27% • Power Saved between Aug’12 and Jan’13: 14.688 MWh • CO2 saved between Aug’12 and Jan’13: 8.761 Ton. CO2

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• Utilized energy recovery devices, variable frequency drivers and recuperation of residual pressure for sand filters

(1) Calculated for Abengoa Water sources


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The future: solar driven desalination

Average water stress by country, 2000-09*

Opportunity: solar energy potential in the MENA region*

*Adapted from: World Bank, Renewable energy desalination, Washington DC, 2012.


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Keys to solar driven desalination

• MENA region has huge potential to produce solar energy

• Solar energy is more predictable than most of other RE sources1

• RO, CSP and PV are scalable technologies • Level of technological development (relevant advances

have been done to address this challenge) 1 PRODes 2010

Thank you


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Abengoa solutions to water scarcity in the Middle East

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