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Jiangxia Tidal Power Station 江厦潮汐试验电站Jiāngxià Cháoxī Shìyàn Diànzhàn
National heritage site · Taizhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taizhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jiangxia Tidal Power Station
China's first two-way tidal power station, built across the Jiangxia inlet at the northern end of Yueqing Bay, where the tidal range reaches 8.39 m; its first turbine began generating in May 1980 and the plant now has about 4.1 MW installed. A rock-fill barrage 670 m long holds back the tide, with a sluice, powerhouse and substation beside it, and the whole complex was listed as a national heritage site in 2019. It is a working plant, seen from outside: a local road crosses the barrage beside the sluices and powerhouse.
How to get to Jiangxia Tidal Power Station
At Xialou village in Wugen town, south-western Wenling, about 15 km west of central Wenling and 8 km from Wenling West station, opened in 2026.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Fangshan, Wenling 方山 (under 10 km), Tieding Liuliu Park 铁定溜溜 (10 km), Xuanmen Bay Agricultural Sightseeing Park 漩门湾观光农业园 (10 km), Xuanmen Bay National Wetland Park 漩门湾国家湿地公园 (10 km), Yandang Mountains 雁荡山 (20 km), Nange Archways 南阁牌楼群 (20 km).
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