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RENEWABLE

Opportunity for the italian
contractors and products

The new transition to renewable
or low energy desalination
“offers another opportunity for
the consolidated experience of
italian manufacturers

Italy took a leading role in thermal desalination and
at a certain time in the history of the industry had a
majority of market shares. This market share was
lost as contractors did not fully understand the im-
pact of the technology transition that was taking
place from thermal desalination to SWRO. This
new transition to renewable or low energy desali-
Figure 5: PV installation ble from the grid and even getting bonuses to shut nation offers another opportunity to take advantage
in SWRO plant down during peak time. In this case, electricity cost of the consolidated experience of italian manufac-
could be close to zero or even negative and the turers in the sector and thanks to innovation and
corresponding water tariff could be as low as 0.2 technical excellence re gain lost market shares in
to 0.25 US$/m . the sector.
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Corrado Sommariva

Corrado Sommariva, CEO, shareholder and founder of SWPC (Sustainable Water Power Consultants)
is a consultant of international reputation in the field of desalination, power generation waste water and
sustainability.
He has over 30 years of experience and has covered several executive positions in consultancy firms for
the last 20 years.
Corrado Sommariva has served as President of International Desalination Association (2011-2013), Pre-
sident of the European Desalination Society (2004-2006), Chairman of WHO committee for safe water
use from desalination. He has published more than 100 leading edge papers and four books on desali-
nation and sustainability.
Sommariva has a honorary doctorate from Heriot Watt University for his contribution to the development
of desalination. In 2015 he was honored by the President of Italy with the title of Master of work .

La dissalazione diventa verde

e le tariffe dell’acqua scendono

L’Italia ha svolto un ruolo di primo piano nella dissalazione termica e, in un certo momento della
storia del settore, ha avuto la maggioranza delle quote di mercato. Questa quota di mercato
è andata persa poiché gli appaltatori non hanno compreso appieno l’impatto della transizione
tecnologica che stava avvenendo dalla desalinizzazione termica alla SWRO. La nuova transizione
alla dissalazione rinnovabile a basso consumo energetico offre un’ulteriore opportunità per
sfruttare la consolidata esperienza dei produttori italiani nel settore e, grazie all’innovazione e
all’eccellenza tecnica, riconquistare quote di mercato perdute nel settore.

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