Saltworks Enters Teaming Agreement with SPX Cooling Technologies

Saltworks Enters Teaming Agreement With SPX Cooling Technologies

June 15^th, 2011

Saltworks Technologies and SPX Cooling Technologies, a global manufacturer of cooling towers and air-cooled condensers, have entered a teaming agreement to provide evaporation towers and engineering support for Saltworks’ energy efficient desalination and salt water treatment process.

The core of Saltworks’ breakthrough technology, called Thermo-Ionic™, works by harnessing low grade solar or waste heat to evaporate saltwater to create a concentrated solution. The system uses the energy contained within this concentrated salt solution to drive the desalting process.

Saltworks and SPX Cooling Technologies are developing an evaporator tower driven salt-maker to work alongside this Thermo-Ionic technology. Built largely from plastics, the salt-maker accepts highly concentrated salt water, removes remaining water, and produces solid salt.

Saltworks’ President Joshua Zoshi says using an evaporative tower in their Thermo-Ionic process allows Saltworks to create a hyper-saline solution in a compact footprint.

“We are delighted to be working with SPX Cooling Technologies. Through this collaboration we will deliver an economic solution for addressing customers’ desalination and salt water treatment needs while leveraging the strengths of a company with over 100 years in the cooling tower business.”

In addition to standalone operation, Thermo-Ionic™ can hybridize with conventional desalination, such as reverse osmosis, to increase freshwater recovery and reduce discharge volume which is particularly important for inland operations.

Currently Saltworks is constructing a demonstration plant to showcase their end-to-end solution for a Canadian oil sands project.

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Saltworks Technologies is a leader in the development and delivery of solutions for industrial wastewater treatment and lithium refining. By working with customers to understand their unique challenges and focusing on continuous innovation, Saltworks’ solutions provide best-in-class performance and reliability. From its headquarters in Richmond, BC, Canada, Saltworks’ team designs, builds, and operates full-scale plants, and offers comprehensive onsite and offsite testing services with its fleet of mobile pilots.

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Saltworks Gains Investments from Leading Canadian Energy and Mining Companies

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Saltworks Gains Investments From Leading Canadian Energy and Mining Companies

June 14^th, 2011

Saltworks Technologies announced that they have received CDN$2.5 million in funding from Cenovus Energy Inc. (“Cenovus”, TSX, NYSE: CVE) through its Environmental Opportunity Fund. The fund assists companies to develop technologies that focus on water and energy efficiencies such as Saltworks’ breakthrough desalination process.

Saltworks also received an investment from Teck Resources Limited (“Teck”, TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK). Teck is Canada’s largest diversified resource company, committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, steelmaking, coal, zinc, and energy.

“Investment from two premier Canadian firms in the energy and mining space demonstrates their commitment to energy efficiency as well as the potential that Saltworks’ innovative technology offers,” said Ben Sparrow, Chief Executive Officer at Saltworks.

Cenovus Energy is a Canadian, integrated oil company. Judy Fairburn, Executive Vice-President of Environment and Strategic Planning at Cenovus said, “Water is a precious resource and its availability is a critical issue around the world. The ability to convert saline water into usable fresh water could change how we use water in the oil sands and provide communities with sustainable, safe sources of water.”

Saltworks’ energy-efficient desalination and saltwater treatment process uses its patented Thermo-Ionic™ technology. Thermo-Ionic removes salt from seawater and brackish water by harnessing low-temperature waste heat or solar energy to help drive the process. The technology greatly reduces the amount of energy required for desalination, providing significant cost savings to customers and a much lower impact on the environment. Saltworks has also co-developed a solid salt maker, which accepts Thermo-Ionic’s highly concentrated discharge and produces solid salt.

Saltworks’ scalable, robust desalination plants can provide benefits in coastal or inland operations. Saltworks’ product is specifically well-suited for inland operations as it desalinates industrial reject and brackish water with higher freshwater recovery and reduced environmental footprint.

The company’s facilities, located in Vancouver, encompass proprietary membrane and desalting device manufacturing, desalination system production, and Canada’s first fully permitted seawater desalination plant with zero liquid discharge capability. The Saltworks team recently cut the ribbon on their factory and membrane manufacturing facility.

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Saltworks Exhibits Clean Technology at International Climate Summit

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Saltworks Exhibits Clean Technology at International Climate Summit

November 17^th, 2010

Saltworks Technologies showcased its innovative desalination technology to world climate change leaders during the third annual Governors’ Global Climate Summit in Davis, California.

Saltworks’ Thermo-Ionic™ desalination technology produces freshwater from seawater using 80 percent less electricity than current commercial methods.

Both California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell met with the Saltworks’ management team at the Global Pavilion during the two-day summit, November 15 to 16. The pavilion was set up to showcase green technologies and their effective solutions to climate change to the estimated 1,500 attendees of the summit.

Malcolm Man, who is VP of Business Development at Saltworks, and Director Jack Gin met with the leaders to explain the energy efficiency of the breakthrough technology and the multiple applications for the process.

“We are very excited to have had the opportunity to describe to Governor Schwarzenegger how the Thermo-Ionic desalination technology will reduce California’s carbon footprint while also solving the state’s freshwater scarcity problem,” said Mr. Man. He added, “Premier Campbell was extremely happy to see how a made in British Columbia technology is having a critical role in helping world leaders reduce their carbon emissions goal.”

Saltworks’ patented technology has freshwater production applications for irrigation, municipal, and industrial use. The technology can also economically and sustainably treat waste saltwater produced by inland desalination plants and industrial processes.

Hosted by Governor Schwarzenegger, the Global Climate Summit brought together top leaders of local, regional, national, and international organizations with the theme of “Building the Green Economy”. The goal of the summit was to broaden partnerships through an increased understanding of environmental and economic challenges as the world continues to grow a clean, green economy.

Saltworks Technologies is a clean technology company based in Vancouver, Canada. The company currently operates an energy-efficient desalination pilot plant, taking seawater from Vancouver harbour and producing freshwater at a rate of 1,000 litres per day. Saltworks is currently developing a larger 50,000 litre per day plant for waste saltwater treatment in an oil and gas application.

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Saltworks Placed in Top 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders

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Saltworks Placed in Top 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders

November 13^th, 2010

The Corporate Knights, a magazine focused on prompting and reinforcing sustainable development in Canada, listed Saltworks Technologies one of the Next 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders for 2010.

Corporate Knights, which annual rankings are trademarks of the publication, has been following cleantech companies since 2007 highlighting the ones certain to make it big. The Next 10 represent Canada’s best companies in the cleantech market.

Saltworks Technologies was chosen for its breakthrough desalination technology that uses up to 80 percent less energy than current commercial processes.

Saltworks’ process employs an innovative thermo-ionic energy conversion system that harnesses solar energy to drive the desalting process. Applications for Saltworks’ technology include producing drinking water for communities and municipalities, irrigation water for agriculture, and process water for industry.

Corporate Knights based the judging criteria on creativity and original approach, solving business problems, having a clear business objective, and having the best chance of breaking through into key markets.

Corporate Knights unveiled the Next 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders late October.

Saltworks continues to be at the forefront of innovation in the desalination industry. Recently, Saltworks presented a paper at the International Water Association (IWA) 2010 World Water Congress and Exhibition in Montreal highlighting a conceptual hybrid reverse osmosis desalination technology that would work well with its thermo-ionic process.

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Saltworks’ Breakthrough Desalination Technology to Showcase at Governors’ Global Climate Summit in California

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Saltworks' Breakthrough Desalination Technology to Showcase at Governors’ Global Climate Summit in California

November 8^th, 2010

Saltworks Technologies will present its innovative desalination technology at the third annual Governors’ Global Climate Summit on November 15 in Davis, California.

Saltworks’ Thermo-Ionic™ desalination technology produces freshwater from seawater using 80 percent less electricity than current commercial methods. The patented technology has freshwater production applications for irrigation, municipal, and industrial use. The technology can also economically and sustainably treat waste saltwater produced by inland desalination plants and industrial processes.

Hosted by California Governor Schwarzenegger, the two-day Global Climate Summit brings together top leaders of local, regional, national, and international organizations. The goal is to broaden partnerships through an increased understanding of environmental and economic challenges as the world continues to grow a clean, green economy.

Saltworks Technologies is a clean technology company based in Vancouver, Canada. The company currently operates an energy-efficient desalination pilot plant, taking seawater from Vancouver harbour and producing freshwater at a rate of 1,000 L/day. Saltworks is currently scaling up the plant to 50,000 L/day for waste saltwater treatment for an oil and gas application.

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Saltworks Deploys First Mobile Desalination Plant

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Saltworks Deploys First Mobile Desalination Plant

June 30^th, 2010

A fully outfitted, containerized desalination plant built by Saltworks Technologies Inc. is on its way to the interior of British Columbia for summer trials.

Saltworks’ mobile plant, with a capacity of 1,000 litres of water a day at continuous flow on seawater, was recently completed at the company’s Port of Vancouver headquarters and sent to the Okanagan region of BC for trials at the company’s solar-thermal test facility. The plant has a higher capacity when treating waste saltwater and will be used for pilot runs at customer sites.

The Okanagan solar-thermal facility is used for testing Saltworks’ novel heat capture process in an arid climate. Both the plant and solar-thermal facility demonstrate a first of its kind process patented by Saltworks. In addition, the plant and facility encompass valuable assets whereby the company can demonstrate its innovative Thermo-Ionic technology that uses up to 80 percent less energy relative to leading desalination processes.

Saltworks President Joshua Zoshi, says “the plant is an important step in demonstrating the technology’s operation.”

Zoshi acknowledges the highly valuable contribution to the project from the British Columbia Innovative Clean Energy fund, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, and the National Research Council. Sustainable Development Technology Canada is an arm’s-length, not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada.

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Saltworks Presented as BC Innovation at GLOBE 2010

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Saltworks Presented as BC Innovation at GLOBE 2010

March 29^th, 2010

Saltworks Technologies recently showcased its innovative desalination technology at GLOBE 2010 Vancouver’s international green business conference.

The three-day trade fair is North America’s most important conference dedicated to the business of the environment. The fair took place March 24 to 26 at the Vancouver Convention Centre and featured presentations, demonstrations, and guest speakers from cutting-edge clean-tech companies around the world.

The Saltworks team showcased its breakthrough technology in conjunction with the BC Innovation Council using a fully functional portable desalination machine to show how the process works.

In addition to participating in the trade fair, the Saltworks management team led multiple tours at its facility and seawater pilot plant at the Port of Vancouver. Guests included Sustainable Development Technology Canada, the Singapore Public Utilities Board, and major engineering companies. Guests not only visited the plant but also witnessed it desalting seawater.

CEO Ben Sparrow said the plant is achieving a “continuous flow of saltwater coming in and potable salt standard coming out.”

Saltworks is now preparing for another round of financing.

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Thermo-Ionic Technology Appeals to Australia’s Lead Desalination Researchers

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Saltworks' Thermo-Ionic Technology Appeals to Australia’s Lead Desalination Researchers

March 16^th, 2010

Saltworks Technologies attracted the attention of researchers at Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED) during the country’s most important water conference.

The centre’s leading researchers met with Saltworks CEO Ben Sparrow and President Joshua Zoshi in early March to discuss Saltworks’ Thermo-Ionic™ desalination technology and potential implementation in Australia.

NCED leads Australia’s research in desalination technology. The centre, based at Murdoch University in Rockingham, is designing a world-class desalination facility for researchers and industry to test novel and improved desalination technologies.

Mr. Sparrow said the Australians are taking energy-efficient desalination technology development seriously and Australians see much room for improvement and development given the $25 million federal and state investment in the NCED. “After visiting the site of the centre and meeting with both staff and researchers it is clear that they are building a world-class facility and have top talent on their team,” Mr. Sparrow stated.

In conjunction with the NCED meeting, Mr. Sparrow and Mr. Zoshi presented a paper and demonstrated Saltworks’ technology at Ozwater ’10, Australia’s national water conference and exhibition. The conference, held in Brisbane March 8 to 10, included speakers, papers, and workshops concerning water challenges and solutions from Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Europe.

Mr. Zoshi said the level of interest confirms Australia as a key early market and that the interest from reverse osmosis builders seeking hybrid solutions to build zero liquid discharge plants was particularly encouraging. “Saltworks’ technology is well-suited as a hybrid with reverse osmosis where both technologies can operate at their economic and market sweet spot.”

The conference focused on five themes including new water sources and wastewater systems and processes.

Currently, Australia’s installed desalination capacity is around one per cent of the world’s total despite being the driest continent on earth.

Saltworks is now focusing on continuing its seawater pilot, expanding its technology and patent portfolio, and executing its commercialization plans.

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Saltworks Presents at the 2009 Desalination World Congress

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Saltworks Presents at the 2009 Desalination World Congress

November 23^rd, 2009

One of the most significant presentations at the International Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress was the novel Thermo-Ionic™ technology presented by Saltworks Technologies.

The conference, held in Dubai from November 7 to 12, was the world’s most important event in desalination and water technology. It featured presentations, lectures, and an exhibition showcasing the latest equipment and technology from 70 participating companies in over 21 countries.

Saltworks’ CEO Ben Sparrow and President Joshua Zoshi successfully presented and demonstrated their novel technology during the conference using a portable desalination unit. The device showed how the innovative technology, made largely from plastics, uses salt to drive the desalination process and yield considerable energy savings.

“We were thrilled to attend and present at the IDA congress. It was an excellent opportunity to meet industry veterans as well as demonstrate Saltworks’ technology firsthand,” said Mr. Sparrow, who is also Saltworks’ co-founder.

With Saltworks now on the global stage for its proven energy-efficient technology, the team is positioned to commercialize its product by showcasing its demonstration plant and test facility.

Saltworks’ outfitted 1,000-litre-a-day seawater pilot plant will soon be fully operational at a harbour location in Vancouver, Canada. The company is now looking for initial small-scale demonstration projects in key markets.

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Saltworks Appears in The Economist

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Saltworks Appears in the Economist

October 30^th, 2009

Saltworks Technologies launches into the desalination industry with an exclusive article in The Economist detailing its breakthrough low-cost technology.

The article, published in both print and online editions of The Economist, is the first to showcase Saltworks’ patent-pending process that uses up to 80 percent less electrical energy relative to conventional desalination technologies by harnessing low-temperature heat and atmospheric dryness.

“The team has been working incredibly hard to accomplish a full seawater plant scale-up in secret; we now look forward to delivering this technology to initial customers,” said Joshua Zoshi, co-founder and president.

The Saltworks team, who have been working in stealth for the last year building Canada’s first permitted desalination test facility and their demonstration plant in Vancouver, are now preparing for the second phase of their launch. Mr. Zoshi along with CEO and co-founder Ben Sparrow, plan to present their innovative technology at the World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse on November 8 in Dubai. Part of their presentation involves a suitcase desalination device used to demonstrate their process’s simplicity and achievability.

Sparrow and Zoshi said the company could not have succeeded this far without their dedicated team of engineers, board of directors, and partners.

“Saltworks is pleased to be out in the open and promoting its solution. We look forward to working with the desalination sector to build projects that provide sustainable water for agriculture, industry, and municipal use,” said Mr. Sparrow.

Saltworks would like to thank BC Hydro and Powertech Labs, the National Research Council of Canada, the Okanagan Research & Innovation Centre, Knight Piésold Ltd., the BC Innovative Clean Energy Fund, Great Northern Way Campus, and the City of Vancouver.