As the need for power and water in the region increases, it is important that we control the effect the industry has on the environment, Bainounah Power Company have already made a commitment to ensure that our emissions are regularly evaluated to ensure that we comply with internationally accepted limits governing Power Station atmospheric emissions. Fortunately the industry at large recognise this and over the years, have developed new gas turbines with low NOx burners, and more efficient gas management systems are being fitted to steam generating plant with a view to making power production more environmentally friendly.

For us in the Middle East the tendency is towards co-generation which means producing simultaneously, therefore we have to consider both atmospheric emissions as will as sea water emissions, as we all know the MSF method of water production is based on the process designed by nature itself where heat from the sun evaporates water from the surface of the sea which in turn rises to form clouds in the upper atmosphere. The winds then move these clouds around until they meet cooler air, which causes consideration resulting in rain. As we know the gulf lesion is surrounded by distant mountain ranges which precipitates the rain long before it gets anywhere near this area.

We in the Middle East have had to produce this natural evaporation process in order to retake our own rain artificially, in doing this the by-product of the process requires that we return concentrated sea water at an elevated temperature back into the sea.

As a responsible company however, we recognise the potential risks this introduces to the marine environment and are proud to be associated with the organizations supporting the Eco-Arabia conferences for the protection of the marine and coastal environment of the Middle East.

We as a company, will continue to ensure that we contribute towards the protection of the marine wildlife in the UAE, and that we encourage our employees to become actively involved in local environmental initiatives, we would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the Shell organization, the World Wildlife Fund of Nature, and the Environment Research & Wildlife Development Agency here in the UAE, for their contribution to Eco-Arabia 99.