Noticias sobre Qatar
M. Martin (ACCIONA): “AI is starting to emerge as an effective tool for smart water management”
The fourth industrial revolution is already a reality at ACCIONA. Specifically, in the water department, digitalisation has become a reality through the Water Control Centre (CECOA).
SUEZ signs 7 new contracts in the management of industrial water
SUEZ wins 7 contracts through its Water Technologies & Solutions division, to optimize the industrial water cycle in the Oil&Gas, energy, pulp&paper and agri-food sectors: In…
Troubled waters and the path to success
Only a handful of challenges are large enough to unite humanity in a common cause.
Water stress: why integrated management matters
The last two years have been difficult for residents of India’s eastern city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu State.
Every drop counts
How aquaponics and integrated agri-aquaculture farms are making smart use of water.
FCC revenues increase in the first half of 2019: new acquisitions and contracts in the Water Area
FCC has reported its business results for the first half of 2019.
Suez reports first half 2019 results
Revenue: €8,656m, organic growth of +3.5% EBIT: €645m, organic growth of +4.8% with a positive contribution from each of the divisions.
Aqualia acquires the French company Services Publics et Industries Environnement (SPIE)
The acquisition of the company involves the entry of Aqualia in the French water management market. SPIE provides its services to 140,000 inhabitants in the Île de France region.
Global Omnium: a trajectory linked to the environment
Global Omnium is a business group with more than 125 years of experience in water management, a sector with a great impact on the environment, where the company has forged a path of success, doing business in all of Spain as well as in countries such as Angola, Colombia, Qatar or Ecuador.
Mathematical understanding of fresh water lenses to help manage water resources around the world
In the 1950s, Russian academician Vladimir Kunin, one of the founders of the Institute of Water Problems in Moscow and the Institute of Deserts in Ashkhabad, discovered and described fresh water lenses in the Karakum desert of Turkmenistan.
Kahramaa signs deal to increase water desalination capacity, Qatar
Qatar's General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) and Umm Al Houl Power Company has signed an amendment to their agreement on the provision of electricity and water.
Maribel Fornies (ACCIONA): “I encourage companies to provide opportunities to women professionals”
Maribel Fornies, Operations Manager at the Umm Al Houl desalination plant of Acciona Agua in Qatar, tells us in 'Women and Water' about her experience as a woman in a Middle East country, where the differences between men and women are more visible.
ACCIONA achieves a net profit of €328 million in 2018 (+49.0%)
Operating improvements in Energy and Infrastructure: EBITDA totalled €1.25 billion and grew by 9.2% on a like-for-like basis.
Suez exceeds its goals in 2018 with record organic growth in revenue
2018 targets exceeded: Revenue and EBIT up 11.9% and 11.5%, respectively, at constant exchange rates; Free cash flow in excess of €1bn.
“Water companies’ greatest challenge is to convey to the user the value of water management”
José Díaz-Caneja graduated as a Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and has an MBA from IESE (University of Navarra).
Global Omnium consolidates its position in Latin America as a technology leader
Global Omnium, thanks to the digital transformation it started ten years ago, is consolidating its position as a technology leader internationally; it is the company that governments and institutions wanting to implement solutions to optimise water and energy resources are turning to.
UN warns of rising levels of toxic brine as desalination plants meet growing water needs
World’s 16,000 desalination plants discharge 142 million cubic meters of brine daily — 50% more than previously estimated; Enough in a year to cover Florida under a foot (30.5 cm) of brine.
Aqualia reinforces its position as a leading company in the Arab Emirates with two new contracts
The company will operate the sanitation system in the city of Abu Dhabi and in the islands of Al Reem, Al Maryah and Al Saadiyat.
“Water management companies will become software businesses with water resource managers”
Vicente Fajardo has moved up the ranks of a company that accumulates almost 130 years of expertise in water management.