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5 May 2021 Islamabad, Pakistan

China, Pakistan Sign Kohala Hydropower Agreements

The investment of $2.4 Biillion USD in the 1124 MW Kohala will be China's largest in Pakistan and is the second of six planned hydroelectric projects on the Jhelum river.

28 Feb 2019 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

China's Three Gorges Corporation Will Build $2.7 Billion USD Pakistan Hydro Project

Pakistan officials announced February 27 that China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) has been selected to construct the 1,124 MW Kohala Hydropower Project (KHPP) along the Neelum-Jhelum River. The $2.7 Billion USD project is the largest project and is expected to take 6.5 years to complete.This is the second such mega project in Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) along the river despite protests against unacceptable environmental issues in Muzaffarabad city caused by the diversion of the Neelum River after commissioning of Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP)...

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16 Aug 2017 WARRENTON VA, United States

China Roundup: Water Quality Improving, Deadly Storms Cause Landslides and Dam Breach, Beihatan Dam Construction Commences, Polluted River Media Stunt, South-North Transfer: Farms Closed and More

Uneven Progress in Reducing Water PollutionChina's water quality is improving overall but progress is uneven, with some regions finding it hard to meet the annual quality improvement targets, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said Monday. Xinhua reported August 14th that in the first half of the year, the proportion of monitored surface water reaching Grade III or above, which could be used for drinking, rose to 70 percent across the country, up 1...

8 Aug 2017 WUHAN

Beihatan Dam Construction Begins

China Three Gorges Corp. (CTGC) has begun construction of the 16-GW Baihetan hydropower station located on the lower reaches of the Jinsha River, between the borders of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in Southwest China. According to 2016 estimates from China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the project will cost about US$6...

11 Jan 2016 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

China Three Gorges Corporation to Build $2.4 Billion Kohala Hydropower Project in Pakistan

Chinese state-owned power company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) has announced that it will develop the $2.4 billion USD, 1,100-megawatt Kohala Hydropower Project on the Jhelum River in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.It will be the company’s biggest investment in the Pakistani hydropower market...

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20 Feb 2015 AL KHOBAR

GE Releases Paper on Reuse Options in Saudi Arabia

GE will unveil an industry white paper on “Addressing Water Scarcity in Saudi Arabia: Policy Options for Continued Success,” at the Water Arabia 2015 Conference & Exhibition being held at Le Meridien Hotel in Al Khobar, February 17-19, 2015. The white paper highlights four major water reuse policy options to governments including education and outreach, removing barriers, incentives, mandates and regulations...

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18 Feb 2015 KUWAIT CITY

GE Provides Water Reuse Technology for Kuwaiti Plant

Kuwait’s Sulaibiya Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Plant will be upgraded with GE's advanced water reuse technology, making it the world’s largest facility of its kind that uses membrane technology.GE will provide ZeeWeed 1000 submerged hollow-fibre membranes and AG LF low-fouling reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for the plant that will enhance its production capacity from 375,000 to 600,000 cu m per day, making it the largest such facility in the world...

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18 Dec 2014 YAOUNDE, Cameroon

GE, ECC Start Work on Cameroon Supply Project

A consortium of two American companies has started work on a project to boost potable water supply in Cameroon's Capital, Yaoundé.The two companies, GE and Environmental Chemical Corp. (ECC) will install equipment at Akom Nyada, a small locality near Yaoundé, for immediate use.GE Sales Executive Ali Ben Haj Hamida said that under the project "water treatment will be done through the application of membrane and desalinization technology...

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17 Oct 2014 AYDIN

Turkish Geothermal Plants Reduce Water Use With GE Systems

Three geothermal power plants in Turkey, owned by Kipaş Holding, have significantly reduced water usage, lowered CO2 emissions, decreased corrosion and are using the Industrial Internet to analyze data with help from GE’s (NYSE: GE) water treatment technology. GE honored Kipaş Holding with the Return on Environment (ROE) award to recognize the company for its noteworthy reductions in water usage, lowered CO2 emissions and decreased corrosion...

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30 Sep 2014 NEW ORLEANS, LA

GE’s Ralph Exton Serve on Water Environment Federation Board

GE announced the appointment of Ralph Exton to serve as 2014-2015 treasurer on the board of trustees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international organization of water quality professionals headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. He was first elected to WEF’s board of trustees in 2012...

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11 Jun 2014 TREVOSE

Thai Power Plant Chooses GE for Water Treatment

GE’s advanced water treatment technology will help purify water at IRPC Public Company Limited’s new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Rayong, Thailand. GE's ZeeWeed 1500 ultrafiltration membranes, reverse osmosis (RO) and electrodeionization (EDI) technologies will be used to make high-quality demineralized water for boiler feed water and to reduce the use of chemicals...

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3 Jun 2014 MOSCOW

Russian Refinery Selects GE Technology for Wastewater Treatment

Russian oil company Bashneft will use GE’s new membrane bioreactor(MBR) with membrane-accommodating carrier (MACarrier) for treatment of refinery wastewater from the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil processing complex and other enterprises of the Northern Industrial Block of Ufa. Strict discharge regulations and the need to reuse the treated water led Bashneft to also choose GE's ZeeWeed MBR, electrodialysis reversal(EDR), reverse osmosis (RO) and ion-selective ionic exchange technologies for its new wastewater treatment plant...

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