BW Elara delivers scalable, rapidly deployable floating desalination solutions to meet the world’s growing fresh water demand.
Floating Desalination Units (FDUs) offer a scalable, modular solution to address urgent water needs with a minimal resource footprint.
Why Floating Desalination?
Bridging the gap between immediate needs and long-term infrastructure solutions.
Access to fresh water is an emerging global challenge. While permanent infrastructure remains the typical long-term answer, urgent situations often require faster, more flexible solutions.
With the capacity of 20 to 40 million litres of fresh water per day, the FDU bridges the gap between small containerised emergency units, and large onshore desalination plants.
A ready-built FDU can be deployed and fully operational within as little as three months from contract signing.
Designed for Urgent Needs
Whether in response to drought, infrastructure delays, or industrial demands, the FDU provides a fast, reliable solution for water security. It's ideal for:
- Municipalities and utilities seeking scalable water supply solutions
- Industrial users requiring water supply in remote or high-demand locations
- Emergency relief and recovery operations requiring fast deployment
- Transitional supply during plant upgrades, maintenance or construction
Key Features
- Daily capacity: 20 to 40 million litres
- Time to deployment: three months for a ready-built unit
- Power demand: up to 10 MW
- Modular and scalable
- Minimal land infrastructure required
- Operated by BW Offshore
Partnering for Impact
BW Elara is a joint venture between BW Offshore and BW Group, delivering a new generation of floating water infrastructure built on BW Water’s proven desalination technology.
Combining world-class engineering, operational excellence and deep maritime expertise, BW Elara creates scalable sustainable solutions to bring fresh water where it is needed most.
Backed by the wide-ranging capabilities of the BW network, BW Elara leverages innovation and expertise to meet growing global water demand and create long-term value.
Contact
Ståle Andreassen
Chief Financial Officer
BW Offshore
stale.andreassen@bwoffshore.com
+47 9171 8655
Nicola Pasetto
Commercial Leader
BW Elara
nicola.pasetto@bw-water.com
+1 (0) 773 230 0135