Saudi Arabia Inaugurates the first Desalination Plant Using Solar, Wind Energy
The Red Sea Development Co. (TRSDC) inaugurated the primary desalination plant using solar and wind energy in Saudi Arabia, as a part of efforts to preserve the environment by limiting carbon emissions.
Chief of staff at TRSDC Ahmed Ghazi Darwish said that the project was launched together with Source Global, PBC, which focuses on renewable beverage.
“It keeps pace with the multi-product tourism sector in Saudi Arabia and can meet the tourists’ demands for a particular Red Sea destination through various means.”
The solar-powered desalination plant are going to be the world’s largest, with a production capacity of two million 330 milliliter water bottles per annum , he said.
The production of 300,000 bottles per annum will begin within the coming years, Darwish added, noting that reusable bottles are going to be wont to help achieve carbon neutrality.
During the primary phase of the plant’s construction, experts selected a perfect plot of land and placed 100 hydrogen panels after conducting a virtual survey consistent with the plant’s specifications and requirements.
A total of 1,200 hydrogen panels also will be added during the second and third phases, and therefore the plant are going to be given necessary components and reusable bottles by companies operating within the Kingdom.
The desalination technology employed by TRSDC will fully depend upon solar power to boost condensation levels within the hydrogen panels to supply high-quality water , Darwish explained.
He acknowledged that the performance of the panels are going to be monitored through a sensible application which will show the quantity of water produced, the environmental impact of the panels and maintenance alerts.
