{"id":1056,"date":"2026-07-29T14:56:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pim-germany.eu\/di-dme\/references-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:04:52","slug":"references","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pim-germany.eu\/di-dme\/references\/","title":{"rendered":"References &#038; Track Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2008 (with predecessor activities since 2005), DME has served clients from more than 40 countries: lenders, ministries, operators, investors and international corporations. A selection of named and anonymised references, ordered by service line.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Due Diligence &amp; Asset Valuation<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>M&amp;A valuation of a 50 MLD desalination plant (Areva\/ERENGO) for the Ministry of Agriculture, Water &amp; Forestry, Namibia (2016-2019)<\/li><li>Technical and operational due diligence of a 30,000 m3\/d RO plant for a confidential client, Germany \/ Saudi Arabia (2011)<\/li><li>Privatisation and investment support including O&amp;M supervision, 70,000 m3\/d RO plant, Marubeni Corporation, Sur, Oman (2009)<\/li><li>Strategic market and portfolio assessments for Bilfinger &amp; Berger and ThyssenKrupp (2012)<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lenders &amp; Project Finance Advisory<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lenders services for KfW: 150 MLD SWRO plant Nemmeli\/Chennai, India, including a 20-year O&amp;M structure (2017-2019)<\/li><li>Ongoing lenders services including technical team trainings for European lending institutions (since 2016)<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Government &amp; Institutional Advisory<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Subject matter expert for the build-up of the new national organisation for CSP, PV, waste and desalination (KA-CARE), Saudi Arabia (2011)<\/li><li>Assessor for German federal R&amp;D programmes (BMBF, repeatedly 2011-2019) and for desalination cooperation in West Asia \/ Middle East (BMZ, 2010)<\/li><li>Technical advisor for desalination and renewables, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia (2011)<\/li><li>Techno-economic desalination study for a governmental energy organisation, UAE (2012)<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology &amp; Company Assessment, Renewable Desalination<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Techno-economic company and technology assessment, KBA, Germany (2011)<\/li><li>Programme advisory on coupling desalination with energy systems, six plants in southern Tunisia (KfW\/Lahmeyer\/SONED, 2011 and 2013)<\/li><li>Concept design for CSP-driven desalination for greenhouse operation (Sundrop), England\/Australia (2011)<\/li><li>Membrane technology comparison for TUEV Sued (2014-2015); component testing for LANXESS (2016-2017)<\/li><li>Expert valuation of a desalination patent in a contested proceeding (2025)<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Large-Scale Project Experience<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Power and desalination, Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia: 960 MW plus 225 MIGD (2005)<\/li><li>Design review of thermal and membrane desalination, Marafiq IWPP, Saudi Arabia (2005)<\/li><li>Process integration of thermal desalination, Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2005)<\/li><li>Feasibility studies for large-scale plants up to 500,000 m3\/d, confidential client, Turkey (2007)<\/li><\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Training &amp; Knowledge Transfer<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>More than 1,000 professionals from industry and the public sector trained since 2003, from some 25 countries<\/li><li>Desalination Pavilion &amp; Forum at IFAT Africa (Messe Muenchen, 2019); jury member, TU Muenchen (2013)<\/li><li>Ongoing SWRO operator development within optimisation mandates (since 2014)<\/li><\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Independent since 2008, predecessor activities since 2005 &middot; Clients from 40+ countries &middot; Assessment experience up to 960 MW \/ 225 MIGD scale &middot; More than 1,000 professionals trained since 2003 &middot; ~100 publications<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2008 (with predecessor activities since 2005), DME has served clients from more than 40 countries: lenders, ministries, operators, investors and international corporations. 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