The Kislaya Guba Tidal Power Station is an experimental project in Kislaya Guba,

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. The station is the world's 4th largest tidal power plant in operation since the

Annapolis Royal Generating Station The Annapolis Royal Generating Station was a tidal power generating station in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada. When operational, it was the only tidal generating station in North America and was one of the few in the world. Located u ...

ceased operation. With an output capacity of . Station began operating in 1968, but was later shut down for 10 years until December 2004, when funding resumed. The old French-built generation unit was dismantled. In 2004 was installed first new generation unit, and in 2007 – second, . The site was originally chosen because the long and deep

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had a fairly narrow outlet to the sea which could easily be dammed for the project. There are plans for two larger scale projects based on this design near Mezen, on the

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and Tugur on the Sea of Okhotsk.Latest Developments
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