Contract worth up to US$4.2M over five years for the inspection of prestressed concrete cylinder pipelines.

Sri Lanka Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade has issued a request for proposals (RfP) on a seawater desalination plant at Hambantota, in its Southern Province.

The Red Sea-Dead Sea project has hit a block after Israel’s embassy in Jordan was closed in response to a shooting in July 2017.

Newman will lead NAWC’s efforts to promote policies supporting sustainable solutions to the nation’s water infrastructure investment and management challenges.

David White, speaking on behalf of the American Water Works Association, detailed how water providers and farmers can form partnerships that are supported by NRCS and other USDA programs.

Permian Water acquired fee or leasehold interests in 21 salt water disposal wells, three brine stations and three fresh water stations.

 

The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) of India has finalised designs and submitted a detailed project report for an offshore desalination plant using low temperature thermal technology, reports New Indian Express.

Imec and Panasonic have developed a solid nanocomposite electrolyte for batteries with a lithium ion conductivity several times greater than its liquid equivalent. The ion conductivity already reaches several mS/cm at room temperature. Imec and Panasonic have set a goal to develop novel solid nanocomposite electrolyte materials towards 100mS/cm in the next few years, which …

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Infineon had calendar Q3 revenue of €1,820 million for a profit of €328 million. Net margin was 18%, gross margin was 37.5%. The outlook for FY 2018 is for 9% growth with a net margin of 17%, based on an assumed exchange rate of $1.15 to the euro (compared to an average EUR/US exchange rate …

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Cray is creating the world’s first production-ready, Arm-based supercomputer with the addition of Cavium ThunderX2  processors, based on 64-bit Armv8-A architecture, to the Cray XC50 supercomputer. Cray customers will have a complete Arm-based supercomputer that features a full software environment, including the Cray Linux Environment, the Cray Programming Environment, and Arm-optimized compilers, libraries, and tools …

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