This article lists most power stations that run on tidal power, both tidal range (impoundment via a barrage) and tidal stream (harnessing currents). Since tidal stream generators are an immature technology, no technology has yet emerged as the clear standard. A large variety of designs are being experimented with, with some very close to large scale deployment. Hence, the following page lists stations of different technologies. While only a few schemes are operational or under construction, many more have been proposed, but some of these plans may never be constructed.
Tidal power stations
Operational The following table lists tidal power stations that are in operation: Station Capacity (MW) Turbines Country Location Bluemull Sound Tidal Stream Array0.33 × 100 kW Nova Innovation M100D2016EMEC Fall of Warness tidal test site7 to 101 × 2 MW Orbital O2 1 × Magallanes Renovables ATIR2007Haishan Tidal Power Plant0.251975 Jiangxia Tidal Power Station 4.1 1 × 600 kW, 5 × 700 kW 1980 Kislaya Guba Tidal Power Station 1.7 1968 LHD Tidal Current Energy Demonstration Project1.7MeyGen64 × 1.5 MW2017Minesto Vestmannasund1.41 × 1.2 MW, 2 × 100 kW tidal kites2022, 2024 Rance Tidal Power Station 240 24 × 10 MW reversible Kaplan turbines 1966renovated 2011 Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station 254 10 × 25.4 MW bulb turbines 2011 Uldolmok Tidal Power Station 1.5 2009
Under construction The following table lists tidal power stations that are currently under construction as of the date in each cited source. Station Capacity (MW) Country Location Morlais (West Anglesey Demonstration Zone)240 MW potentialConsented 2021 1st tidal device 2026
Proposed The following table lists tidal power stations that are at a proposal stage. Some of these scheme may not go ahead, but have not formally been cancelled. Station Capacity (MW) Turbines Country Location EURO-TIDES project9.64 × Orbital O2 (tbc)Fall of Warness, OrkneyFloWatt tidal power project17.57 × HydroQuest HQ2.5Raz Blanchard Garorim Bay Tidal Power Station Garorim Bay Gulf of Kutch Project Gulf of Kutch Incheon Tidal Power Station Tidal Today- Tidal: Asia's Cinderella renewable energy Mersey Tidal Power1,000River Mersey Mezenskaya Tidal Power Plant Mezen Bay Normandie Hydroliennes NH1 123 × Proteus Marine Renewables AR3000Raz Blanchard Penzhin Tidal Power Plant Project Penzhin Bay Seastar project416 × 250 kW Nova InnovationFall of Warness, Orkney Severn Barrage Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Swansea Bay Tugurskaya Tidal Power Plant Okhotsk SeaWestray Firth30Orbital marine powerWestray Firth, OrkneyYell Sound15Nova InnovationYell Sound, Shetland
Historical proposals These schemes were proposed, but will not now go ahead in the form originally proposed because the developer has ceased trading, the technology is no longer being developed, or the consent has lapsed. Station Capacity (MW) Country Location Status Alderney tidal plant OpenHydro ceased tradingKaipara Tidal Power Station200Project paused in 2013 and consent lapsed in 2021Pempa’q In-Stream Tidal Energy Project Development halted following permitting issues Skerries Tidal Stream Array 10.5 approx. MCT device no longer being developed
Decommissioned Station Capacity (MW) Country Location Annapolis Royal Generating Station 20 1984-2019 Eastern Scheldt Barrier Tidal Power Plant1.25 (5×0.25)2015-2023 Minas Passage OpenHydro 2 Minas Passage 2016-2018 Strangford Lough SeaGen 1.2 2008-2019
See also
Tidal power Development of tidal stream generators List of largest power stations in the world List of hydroelectric power station failures
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