THINKING BIG
- From: Vol 9, Issue 4 (April 2008)
- Category: Need to know
- Region: Unspecified
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- Related Companies: 3Stone Advisors LLC, AES, Aqualia, Befesa, Hyflux and Inima
* Algeria’s AEC has opened bids for four projects with a total capacity of 850,000m3/d, with Hyflux, Befesa, Biwater, and a team of Inima and aqualia in the low bidder positions.
The Hyflux low bid for Mactaa was jaw-dropping. It came in at .55/m3 – a new record low for desalination if you take into account currency fluctations. At 500,000m3/d, it will be the biggest membrane desalination plant in the world (see story p9).
* With the bulk of Algeria’s desalination programme moving into the construction phase, Israel is ...
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