Chart of the Month - EPC capacity costs for reverse osmosis desalination plants
- From: Vol 11, Issue 8 (August 2010)
- Category: Analysis
- Region: Asia
- Country: Singapore
- Related Companies: Hyflux
This month’s chart comes from GWI’s new report, Desalination Markets 2010.
It aims to explain why the cost of desalinated water has risen rather than fallen since Hyflux’s landmark $0.48/m3 Tuas project was contracted in 2003. Although the energy efficiency of plants has fallen, the largest component of the cost of desalinated water is the amortised capital cost, which represents around 38% of the cost of water for ...
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