CHINA GOES AFTER TIDE, WAVE POWER

China prepares three marine hydrokinetic test sites as part of US$163.4 million program

Gregory B. Poindexter, May 28, 2015 (HydroWorld)

“China is planning to construct marine hydrokinetic (MHK) test sites by 2016 off the coasts of three provinces -- Shandong, Zhejiang and Guangdong -- financed in part by a US$163.4 million fund created in May 2010 for renewable energy…[It] has supported 96 renewable energy programs…Weihai will be a “shallow-water” test site and Zhoushan and Wanshan test sites will focus on tidal and wave energy respectively…The State Oceanic Administration said China has an estimated 1.58 billion kWh marine energy reserve, with the potential to harness 650 million kWh. Proponents for the test sites think developing commercially viable MHK energy processes would help ease China’s power shortage in the coastal areas…” click here for more

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