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Top ten renewable energy projects in the world
- Today, renewable energy accounts for 12% of total US electricity generation. However, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) under the US Department of Energy believes that wind energy, waves, and solar energy can produce 93% of the nation's electricity, and the potential for renewable energy is immense.
- If renewable energy can play a more important role, or play a more important role in combating global warming, there is no doubt that it will rise rapidly. Studies by Princeton scientists Stephen Pacala and Roberts Socolow suggest that to maintain current levels of carbon emissions, at least 2 million megawatts of renewable energy must be built between now and 2055. Renewable energy power plants to effectively replace current thermal power plants.
- The following is an introduction to the world's top ten renewable energy projects:
- World's largest onshore wind power plant
- Horse Hollow Wind Power Plant in Taylor and Nolan County, Texas, USA
- 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of Dallas, 47,000 acres (19,000 hectares) of cedar and short oak give way to the 421 wind turbines at the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center, with peak power generation of up to 735 MW. There are two types of wind turbines. One is produced by GE with a power generation capacity of 2911.5 MW; the other is produced by Siemens with a power generation capacity of 1302.3 MW. The power plant was completed in 2006 and is managed by NextEra Energy, a subsidiary of Florida Power & Light, which generates 4 billion watts of electricity across the United States. The dominance of the Horse Hollow wind power plant will not last long, because by 2009, the fourth phase of the Rosecoe wind power plant, owned by E.ON Climate and Renewable Energy, was completed. It has 627 wind turbines and a power generation capacity of 781.5 MW. .
- Other large wind power plants under construction include: Shepherd's Flat wind power plant in Oregon, USA, with 303 wind turbines and 800 MW of power generation; Markbygden wind power plant in Sweden, with 1,101 wind turbines, which has a power generation capacity that is even worse 4 billion watts of people.
- The world's largest offshore wind power plant
- Lynn and Inner Dowsing Wind Farm, Lincolnshire, UK
- From the UK's Skegness coast, you can see the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind power plant, with a total installed capacity of 543.6 MW and a peak power generation of up to 194 MW. Each turbine is 353 feet long (approximately 107 meters) in diameter, using Hubs to each other
- By the end of 2009, the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind power plant will be surpassed by the 209 MW Horns Review wind power plant. Costs $ 670 million. Another wind power plant with an installed capacity of 1000 MW built by London Array outside the Thames estuary will be completed in 2012.
- The world's largest river tidal power station
- Rance Tidal Power Station in Brittany, France
- There are many huge renewable energy projects in the world that have been standing for a long time.
- Soon, Britain will also build a tidal power plant at the Severn Estuary between England and Wales. Numerous other power plants will also emerge. The largest tidal power dam will have an installed capacity of 7.4 miles (12 kilometers) and reach 8.6 gigawattsthat is, 5% of the current total electricity in the United States.
- The world's largest offshore tidal power station
- SeaGen Power Station in Strangford Bay, Ireland
- By 2015, this record will be broken by a project built in South Korea's Wando Hoenggan Waterways. The project will cost USD 820 million, has an installed capacity of 300 megawatts, and a 60-foot-high (18-meter) turbine will be fixed to the sea floor by its own gravity.
- The world's largest solar thermal power plant
- SEGS Power Plant in Southern California
- Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) in Southern California, USA since 19
- The world's largest solar photovoltaic power plant
- Spain Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park Power Plant
- Olmedilla Photovoltaic Power Plant (Photovoltaic, PV) consists of 16, 2000 solar photovoltaic panels
- The world's largest geothermal field
- Grand Geyser in Sonoma and Lake County, California
- The world's largest bioenergy plant
- Oy Alholmens Kraft Bioenergy Power Plant, Finland
- Oy Alholmens Kraft bioelectric power plant located in Finland. The main sources of combustion are bark and branches.
- By 2010, Wales announced that it would build a 350 MW bio-power plant. The problem was that it had to import wood and other fuels from Canada, which caused people to doubt its renewableity.
- The world's largest wave power plant
- Portuguese Wave Power Plant
- The largest hydropower station in the world
- China Three Gorges Hydropower Station
- On December 18, 2007, China s Three Gorges Hydropower Station s power generation capacity reached 14.1 billion watts, surpassing the 14 billion watt Itaipu hydropower station on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The Three Gorges Hydropower Station is located on the Yangtze River in southern China, about 40 kilometers from Yichang City, Hubei Province. By 2011, the Three Gorges Dam will generate 18 billion watts of electricity, which is equivalent to 18 large nuclear power plants.
- The Grand Inga Dam (Great Inga Project), which is expected to be completed between 2020 and 2025, is located on the Livingston Falls of the Congo River in the Republic of the Congo, with a total installed power generation capacity of 39 million KW.
- Another: It is estimated that in 2050, China will also be able to build a dewatering power station on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Motuo County, Tibet. Can be described as two cattle ears of the world-class giant hydropower station.
- This article is translated from Scientific American