{"id":79527,"date":"2020-10-18T08:56:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T08:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alj.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=79527"},"modified":"2021-09-13T09:40:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T09:40:14","slug":"water-desalination-milestones","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/alj.com\/en\/news\/water-desalination-milestones\/","title":{"rendered":"Water desalination milestones and new challenges to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/desalination-reuse-goals-achieved-new-challenges-carlos-cos%C3%ADn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn article<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carloscosin\/\">Carlos Cosin<\/a>, CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almarwater.com\">Almar Water Solutions<\/a>, the dedicated\u00a0water solutions unit at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alj.com\/en\/energy-and-environmental-services\/energy-overview\/\">Abdul Latif Jameel Energy<\/a>, outlines the significant milestones achieved to date in non-conventional water sources such as desalination.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 21,000 desalination plants now located around the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alj.com\/en\/energy-and-environmental-services\/energy-overview\/\">renewable energy<\/a> sources such as solar, wind, geothermal and nuclear energy have proven to be viable competitive solutions.\u00a0 The increase in global water demand is expected to continue at a similar rate until 2050, 20 to 30% higher than the current level of water use.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carlos writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;2019 was the year with the highest number of seawater desalination projects contracted due to the awarding of several mega-contracts, and the market is expected to remain strong despite COVID-19. The desalination market is currently dominated by a small number of projects in the Gulf and the Middle East, with capacities of more than 300,000 m3\/day. This indicates that the water sector has remained resilient despite the circumstances, although it is true that the industrial market has been affected to a greater extent. This boom in mega-projects in the Gulf will be the defining trend in the desalination market over the next five years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/desalination-reuse-goals-achieved-new-challenges-carlos-cos%C3%ADn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9558,"template":"","tags":[],"newscategory":[150],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Water desalination milestones &amp; challenges | Abdul Latif Jameel\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a LinkedIn article, Carlos Cosin, CEO of Almar Water Solutions, outlines the significant milestones achieved in non-conventional water sources like desalination.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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