Australian desalination start-up Water Resources Group (WRG) announced on 4 December 2012 that its subsidiary Water Resources International (WRI) had signed a memorandum of understanding with Knowledge Industry Company (KIC) of Saudi Arabia.
WRI will supply its Advanced Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination System (ASWRO) to be powered by hybrid wind and solar energy systems. To kick-start the agreement, WRI will supply and operate an ASWRO pilot plant for a major client in Saudi Arabia.
KIC is developing community-scale desalinated water-supply projects using power from renewable energy sources. To penetrate the local market, KIC is funding the installation and commissioning of the first ASWRO plant in order to secure exclusive commercial supply rights from WRI.
The commercial-scale pilot plant, which is expected to be operating in the third quarter of 2013, aims to demonstrate the economics of powering WRG’s chemical-free, low-cost modular system by hybrid wind/solar energy. The group currently does not have a plant in commercial operation.
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