Energy Recovery Awarded $1.4 Million for Deal in World’s First Large-Scale Solar-Powered Desalination Plant

Energy Recovery Inc., a provider of  pressure energy technology for industrial fluid flows, has announced that it has been  awarded a contract for $1.4 million to supply its PX Pressure Exchanger^®technology for the world’s first large-scale solar-powered desalination plant, located in Saudi Arabia. The order is expected to ship during the first quarter of 2016.

Energy Recovery will supply its PX-Q300 Pressure Exchanger devices as part of a project that will supply 60,000 cubic meters of fresh water per day. Energy Recovery estimates the PX devices will reduce plant power consumption by 8.4 MW, saving over 73 GWh of energy per year. The plant is expected to be online by the first quarter of 2017.

Energy Recovery’s President and CEO Joel Gay stated, “As a company at the vanguard of desalination technology, we are proud to be part of a project that represents another great leap forward for the industry. Our PX Pressure Exchanger technology continues to play a crucial role in desalination processes, even as plant designs evolve, which increases my confidence that our technology will remain critical to this industry for a long time to come.”