Jiangxia Tidal Power Station

Jiangxia Tidal Power Station - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Jiangxia Tidal Power Station (江厦潮汐电站) is the fourth largest tidal power station in the world, located in Wuyantou, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, China. Although the proposed design for the facility was 3,000 kW, the 1985 the installed capacity was 3,200 kW, generated from one unit of 500 kW, one unit of 600 kW, and three units of 700 kW. Proposals were made to install a sixth 700 kW unit, which was installed in June 2007. Then in 2014, the 500 kW turbine was upgraded to 700 kW, bringing the total installed capacity to 4.1 MW. The facility generates up to 6.5 GWh of power annually. Read more on Wikipedia

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