Billion cubic meters per year: they intend to build 9 desalination plants in Crimea
Moscow
Rostec is exploring options for the construction and power supply of seawater desalination plants in Crimea, which has been experiencing difficulties with water supply in recent years due to Ukraine’s blocking of the North Crimean Canal.
The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, Kommersant writes, citing its sources familiar with the discussion of this issue.
According to them, as an optimal option, the state corporation is considering the construction of nine plants with a capacity of 2030 billion cubic meters of fresh water per year by 1 to cover the forecast deficit (taking into account the needs of agriculture, tourism and the population). It is proposed to use a combined production method: four plants with a total capacity of 100 million cubic meters of water will operate using the thermal method (“evaporation”), and the remaining five using the reverse osmosis method (filtering seawater through a special membrane).
It is also noted that desalination plants will require a lot of electricity.
“To supply nine enterprises, about 900 MW of new capacity may be required, which is approximately half of the existing generation in Crimea and Sevastopol (approximately 2 GW). Reverse osmosis plants will consume 405 MW, thermal plants - 100 MW, but technologically, 500 MW is required. Excess energy can be channeled into the general grid, reducing the growing energy deficit in Crimea, which is estimated at 500 MW by 2026,” the publication points out.
Other options are also being explored - for example, the construction of only five desalination plants using reverse osmosis technology.
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