Fluence Corporation Ltd, a global leader in decentralized water and wastewater treatment solutions, has signed a framework agreement to deliver six Smart Packaged wastewater treatment plants with partner Jiangsu Jinzi Environmental Science and Technology Company.
The multi-million dollar project is the second multi-plant agreement achieved by Fluence with via its strategic partners in China – the plants are expected to be fully operational in 2018.
The wastewater treatment projects are part of a public/private partnership in China’s Guizhou province. The agreement covers a total of six wastewater plants designed to deploy Fluence’s Containerized Smart Packaged MABR (C-MABR) technology ranging between 600 to 1,000 m3/day. The plants, which are part of a multi-million-dollar order, are expected to be delivered, installed and become operational during 2018.
Guizhou Province is the location of the landmark collaboration between Jinzi and Fluence - Jinzi is now the firm’s preferred partner for Guizhou Province and Changzhou City.
Henry Charrabé, Managing Director and CEO of Fluence said the framework is a landmark project that will see Fluence deliver multiple C-MABR plants with a key strategic partner in China, commenting:
“This is the outcome of a number of factors, which Fluence has worked on since we entered the Chinese market, including the signing of a distribution/deployment partnership in November 2016, the successful operation of our demonstration plants and our close collaboration with Jinzi.”
“This multi-plant agreement is evidence that our partners are now ramping up deployment of our MABR treatment solutions and is further proof of our strategy to deploy Smart Packaged C-MABR systems in China. It also continues to demonstrate the appeal of our Smart Packaged MABR Plants, since these enable rapid deployment of cost- and energy-efficient standardized solutions, and provides confidence that we can expect additional orders moving forward.”
Vast market in China for rural wastewater treatment solutions
He added that Fluence remain focused on capitalizing on the enormous market opportunity in China for Fluence MABR solutions. The firm now intends to leverage its standardized MABR technology and global distribution footprint to offer wastewater treatment solutions to markets worldwide.
“The project signing between Jinzi and Fluence indicates a new milestone in the strategic cooperation between both parties,” said Mr. Xiaodong XIE, Chairman of JINZI Enterprise Group. “We will definitely move forward with deeper and further long-term cooperation in the field of wastewater treatment, and we believe that our cooperation with Fluence will lead us to new development opportunities and deployments in China’s rural wastewater treatment system.”
The Chinese Government’s 13th five-year plan targets improved water quality nationwide by 2030, and mandates that local city officials improve sewage capacity and treatment, from currently 10% of treated rural wastewater to 70% treated rural wastewater.
Fluence’s agreement with Jinzi is the latest in a string of strategic deployments of decentralized wastewater treatment units in collaboration with local Chinese authorities and companies.
Fast-to-deploy decentralized and packaged water and wastewater treatment solutions are already an estimated A$17 billion market in 2016, excluding the China rural market opportunity.
With core operations in North America, South America, the Middle East and Europe, one of Fluence’s main focuses is expanding into the vast market in China for rural wastewater treatment.