Fresh Water. Fast.
Ready-built floating desalination. Operational in months.
Delivering 20 million litres of clean drinking water daily, scalable to meet growing demand.
About Us
Scalable floating solutions for a water-resilient future
BW Elara is a joint venture between BW Offshore and BW Group. BW controls a fleet of over 400 vessels transporting oil, gas and dry commodities, with its 200 LNG and LPG ships constituting the largest gas fleet in the world. The company combines deep maritime expertise and a world-class engineering team to extend the boundaries of conventional desalination through the development of floating desalination units (FDUs).
Mission
Bringing floating desalination solutions to regions facing water scarcity worldwide.
Vision
Water security when it matters.
Leveraging BW Offshore’s extensive track-record of delivering innovative floating production solutions.
Desalination
On Demand
Freshwater demand is on track to outpace supply by 40% this decade. To meet the increasing municipal and industrial demand, BW Elara provides a rapidly deployable desalination solution to enable cities and industries facing water shortages, infrastructure delays or sudden demand spikes to harness seawater as an alternative source more quickly.
Experiencing severe water scarcity at least one month per year.
Projected in global water supply by 2030.
Impact from drought globally each year.
For transport and set-up of one of our Floating Desalination Units (FDUs).
To transport and set up one of our Floating Desalination Units (FDUs).
Ready-built for Rapid Deployment
BW Elara’s Floating Desalination Units (FDUs) are barge-mounted seawater reverse osmosis systems equipped with a proprietary seawater intake system, towed to your coastal location.
After connection to an onshore power supply, they can be rapidly commissioned, delivering potable or industrial-grade desalinated water within weeks.
The FDUs can also be connected to existing seawater intake and brine discharge facilities. Alternatively, brine discharge can be managed through flexible dispersion lines.
How It Works
The FDU is ready to be deployed and customisable to different water needs.
Dry towed to your coastal location anywhere in the world.
Plugged into onshore power and commissioned with manpower provided by BW Elara.
24/7 operations with BW Elara’s service crew, meeting agreed service standards consistently.
The unit is decommissioned and dry towed to the next location.
Why BW Elara?
The fastest path to
fresh water at scale
BW Elara's plug-and-play FDU solution helps accelerate the supply of water, sidestepping many of the time, cost and permitting challenges that can slow land-based desalination projects of similar scale.
Faster deployment
Lower upfront infrastructure costs
Mobile and scalable
Applications
Water security
when it matters
BW Elara delivers scalable desalination solutions where a reliable water supply is critical to operations, growth and resilience.
Mining
Copper, gold and mineral extraction in water-scarce coastal regions.
Oil & Gas
Process and cooling water for refineries and petrochemical facilities.
Municipal Water Supply
Cities facing drought, or bridging the gap to permanent infrastructure.
Power & Hydrogen
Cooling water for power plants and feedwater for green hydrogen.
Emergency & Humanitarian
Rapid-response water supply for drought, disaster, and remote communities.
Infrastructure Projects
Temporary bulk water during port construction, or industrial development such as data centres.
Need Water?
Let's Talk
Whether you need an emergency supply in months or a long-term water solution for your operations, we can help. Get in touch for a fast quote and deployment assessment.