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ENGIE expects financial close on $800 million water project soon

International water and power developer ENGIE expects to achieve financial close for the Mirfa 2 seawater desalination project in the coming weeks, a senior company executive has revealed. ENGIE recently won a tender to develop and operate the Mirfa 2 Project, valued at $800 million and with a daily water production capacity of 20 million […]

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Green hydrogen projects will stay dry without parallel desalination market

The current pipeline of projects aims to produce about 30 million tonnes of hydrogen per year by 2040, with an annual requirement of 620 million cubic meters of purified water

The global pipeline for green hydrogen projects is growing fast, with a current target of 206 gigawatts (GW) in installed electrolyzer capacity by 2040. However, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals that the locations of the planned projects are overwhelmingly in areas where water is in short supply. This means that an additional desalination market needs […]