Saudi Arabia's first photovoltaic integrated seawater desalination project was put into operation

Recently, the 3A desalination project in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, which was contracted by the EPC of PowerChina, held a completion ceremony. The project can meet the drinking water needs of 3 million people, and send high-quality and inexpensive "spring of life" to the "thirsty" desert.

Saudi Arabia is located in the Arabian Peninsula, the desert is widely spread, 70% of drinking water from seawater desalination, is the world's largest desalination country, desalination of water to the conventional water resources supplement and replace the role is very obvious.

The Saudi Jubail 3A desalination project is located in the city of Jubail in eastern Saudi Arabia, using seawater reverse osmosis technology, with a daily capacity of 600,000 tons of water, can provide drinking water for 3 million people, is one of the important water sources for Dammam and Riyadh, and is of great significance to alleviate the growing water demand along the coast of the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

As the first large-scale integrated desalination project in Saudi Arabia to use photovoltaic solar power as a supplementary power source, its 45.5 MW photovoltaic power plant can generate 20% of the daily energy consumption of the water plant, reducing carbon emissions by 60,000 tons per year.

It is understood that in recent years, China Power Construction in-depth "water" article, deep excavation of the water field value chain, and continuous development and expansion of water-related industries, especially in the field of seawater desalination to master the core technology, the formation of a perfect system.