ACWA Power extends cooperation with desalination membrane solutions provider Toray

ACWA Power extends cooperation with desalination membrane solutions provider Toray

Toray to analyse ACWA Power’s operational plants to provide commercially viable solutions to improve energy efficiency Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : ACWA Power, a Saudi-listed company and the world's largest private water desalination company, the first mover into green hydrogen, and a leader in energy transition, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese technology provider Toray Industries, to explore energy-saving technologies for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants. Signed on the sidelines of the Saudi-Japan Investment Roundtable organised by the Ministry of Investment, the MoU will see the two companies engaging in joint research to reduce the energy consumption associated with membranes used in ACWA Power’s desalination plants. ACWA Power will share operational details of its plants with Toray, allowing the latter to analyse and provide commercially viable solutions to improve energy efficiency. Commenting on the MoU, Raad Al Saady, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of ACWA Power, said : “This collaboration with Toray contributes to our vision to improve the way energy is utilised in the desalination of water, and furthers our commitment to providing potable water to communities in a responsible, sustainable and cost-effective manner.” “We are proud to support ACWA Power’s commitment to sustainability by jointly