DL E&C Signs MOU with Saudi SWCC for Applying SMR to Desalination Plant

DL E&C announced on the 23rd that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for mutual cooperation on the application of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) to desalination plants with SWCC at the Fairmont Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the 22nd (local time).

Yuseong Hoon, Executive Director of Strategic Planning at DL E&C Plant Business Division (left), and Tariq Al Ghaffari, SWCC Vice President and Research Director, are posing for a commemorative photo. (Provided by DL E&C)

Yoo Sung-hoon, Executive Director of Strategic Planning at DL E&C's Plant Business Division, and Tariq AlGhaffari, Vice President and Director of Research at SWCC, attended the signing ceremony.

This cooperation took place during DL E&C's visit to Saudi Arabia as part of the '2023 Middle East Economic Delegation.'

DL E&C and SWCC agreed to jointly seek the optimal solution for utilizing SMR in desalination plants. They also decided to collaborate on research for clean hydrogen and ammonia production models using SMR to create added value. Since SMR emits no carbon dioxide and has advantages in safety, flexibility, and economic efficiency compared to other energy sources, it is expected to accelerate the realization of carbon neutrality in desalination plants through this technology in the future.

SWCC is an agency under the Saudi government and the second-largest power producer in Saudi Arabia. It currently operates the world's largest seawater desalination facility. Through its affiliated research institute, SWCC is leading carbon reduction projects in seawater desalination and power generation using renewable energy.

Executive Director Yoo Sung-hoon stated, "SMR is a representative eco-friendly business that DL E&C is fostering as a future growth engine," adding, "By combining DL E&C's BIM and modular plant design technologies with the SMR business, we will contribute to achieving carbon neutrality in SWCC's desalination plants."

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