Dutch process pushes desal costs to new lows
- From: Vol 8, Issue 2 (February 2007)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Country: Netherlands
- Related Companies: E.ON, EMF, Evides Industriewater, Heineken, Keppel Seghers, Memstill, TNO, Waternet and Watertechnology Holland
A desalination strategy developed in the Netherlands claims to be able to produce industrial water at costs as low as €0.30/m<sup>3</sup>. The process has yet to prove itself on a large scale.
A Dutch-led consortium says that use of waste industrial heating and patented membrane technology has enabled it to slash seawater desalination costs by at least 20%. A consortium including research institute TNO, energy firm E.ON and brewer Heineken says it has successfully tested its Memstill membrane-and-distillation process to produce fresh water for industrial use at a pilot plant at ...
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