The world's first wave power plant was officially opened on October 3, 2007 in the coastal city in northern Portugal. This wave power plant has a power generation capacity of 2.25 megawatts (MW), which can meet the daily electricity needs of around 1,500 households.
The wave power plant consists of 3 sets of serpentine wave generators. Generators look like large interconnected pontoons. Each set is approximately 150 meters long and 3 meters in diameter when seawater flows through the pipeline link. , , driving mechanical devices to convert into electrical energy.
Diversion hydroelectric power station, dam hydroelectric power station.
1. Diversion-type hydroelectric power plant: A diversion-type hydroelectric power plant uses artificial water channels to divert the flow of water to a remote location with a large ecart in relation to the river downstream, where a power plant is built and uses the difference in water flow to produce electricity.
2. Dam-type hydropower plant: For example, Baihetan Hydropower Station is a dam-type hydropower plant. It is a form of electricity generation that uses the construction of dams to increase the height of water and capture the gravitational potential energy of the body of water to produce electricity.