Israel’s IDE in Japan Talks to Build Floating Desalination Plant
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Israel’s IDE Technologies Ltd. is in talks with Japan’s shipbuilders and government to design and build off-shore desalination plants, seeking to tap rising demand for alternate sources of short-term freshwater supply.
The maker of land-based desalination equipment wants to start delivering floating platforms to clients within three years, Udi Tirosh, a business development director at the Kadima-based company, said in an interview. IDE’s ship-based designs could supply water for a city of 850,000 people and Japan’s shipbuilders are among potential partners, he said.