Water Desalination and Nuclear Water Desalination Plants more competitive with other Technologies and show a high market growth worldwide.
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competitive with other Technologies and show a high market growth
worldwide.
Seawater desalination is today a accepted as an attractive alternative
source of freshwater for domestic, agriculture and industrial uses.
Strong developments expected in nuclear desalination to 2025. A new
updated study by helmut Kaiser consultancy show the developments to
2025.
The global need and demand for freshwater is ever increasing, but the
production capacity is limited. There is already a shortage of fresh
and drinking water in many countries, about 70% of the earth surface
is covered by water but freshwater only makes up 2.5 % of the total
amount of water.
There are around 2.5 billion people living in water stressed areas,
more than 70% of them are living in areas where the water availability
is on average less than 1000 m3 yearly. With the growing population
and increasing demands in the industrial and agricultural sector, the
problem has a tendency towards a worsening situation. We need to find
new or alternative solutions to solve this ongoing problem. The supply
of fossil fuel is also limited, there is a great potential for a new
source of energy in water treatment processes.
Nuclear power has been around for quite some time, however its usage
has been limited. Power generation, medical applications and nuclear
weapons are some of the common usage of nuclear power. Nuclear power
generation are currently being used in many countries, with the
advancement in technology the efficiency and safety issues have been
improved. Heat, as a by-product of nuclear power generation can be
used in water desalination plants. A few countries have tested
prototypes as hybrids or couples and are quite successful in refining
the methods. Some countries are even planning and developing larger
scare nuclear desalination plants, which could help solve the water
shortage problems. The currently active players in this field are
Argentina, China, Egypt, Pakistan, India, France, Tunesia, Korea and
Russia. Some countries in the Middle East, such as Iran are also
planning to enter this market. Most of these countries are still in
the test and development phase, but in the near future, we can expect
a lot of advancement and maturity to this process.
Seawater desalination using nuclear power is very cost effective
compared with other primary energies, such as fossil fuels. Fossil
fuels are non-renewable and the tendency is also going towards green
and clean energy, such as nuclear power, solar energy, biomass, to
name a few. (www.hkc22.com/renewableenergy.html) One major advantage
is that the nuclear desalination plants can use current desalination
technologies.
The future will open great opportunities and will show strong
developments for the nuclear desalination market. The current
desalination market (www.hkc22.com/waterdesalination.html) is
estimated to be 60 bnUS$ by 2025 and 10 to 15 percent of the global
market is the market for nuclear desalination. This market will show
strong growth, especially in countries with water shortages, or where
the demand is high and with an increasing tendency. The majors players
in the future will be Middle Eastern Countries, such as Saudi Arabia,
Iran, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Lybia and Asian Countries, such as China,
Japan, Korea and India. For more see http://www.hkc22.com/Nucleardesalination.html
Helmut Kaiser Consultancy
email: hk...@bluewin.ch