ENGIE and NEOM become partners to develop technologies for brine valorization
ENGIE, a global leader in low-carbon
energy and services, has announced a strategic partnership with NEOM, Saudi
Arabia’s futuristic sustainable development, to develop pioneering technologies
for brine valorization — the process of converting desalination waste into
valuable resources.
Formalized through a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU), the collaboration aims to address one of the desalination
sector’s most pressing environmental challenges: managing the highly
concentrated saltwater by-product known as brine. The joint initiative will
focus on advancing cutting-edge technologies such as advanced membrane systems
and crystallization processes to extract useful materials from desalination
waste.
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“Brine management is one of the
critical challenges associated with desalination,” said Olivier Sala, Vice
President of Research & Innovation at ENGIE. “By working with NEOM, who are
ambitious in terms of scale and complexity, we are excited to explore new
avenues for sustainable solutions that align with our broader mission of
driving the energy transition.”
NEOM’s Managing Director of Water,
Gavin van Tonder, echoed the sentiment, highlighting the project's alignment
with NEOM’s environmental goals. “NEOM is committed to accelerating global
progress on sustainable water management,” he said. “Partnering with ENGIE, we
aim to advance necessary technologies that reduce the environmental footprint
of desalination while contributing to NEOM’s vision of a sustainable future.”
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The collaboration is expected to
yield pilot projects, shared research, and practical demonstrations, with
potential scalability to other water-scarce regions facing similar challenges.
Source: smart water magazine
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