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Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station

Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station is the world's largest tidal power installation, with a total power output capacity of 254 MW. When completed in 2011, it surpassed France's 240 MW , which was the world's largest for 45 years.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: South Korea tidal power station
  • Also known as: “Sihwa Narae Tidal Power Park” and “T-Light Park”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Songdo.

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, officially known as the International Business District, is a district in , , located 30 km southwest of . Built on 1,500 acres of reclaimed land along the Yellow Sea, the district is home to 170,000 residents and is still under construction, over 30 years since construction began.

Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station

Latitude
37.31354° or 37° 18′ 49″ north
Longitude
126.61261° or 126° 36′ 45″ east
Operator
한국수자원공사
Open location code
8Q988J77+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 409163571
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q562741
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Satellite Map

Discover Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة بحيرة سيهوا للطاقة المدجزرية”
  • Catalan: “central mareomotriu del llac Sihwa”
  • Chinese: “始华湖潮汐电厂”
  • Croatian: “Plimna hidroelektrana Sihwa”
  • French: “centrale marémotrice de Sihwa”
  • French: “Centrale marémotrice de Sihwa”
  • German: “Gezeitenkraftwerk Sihwa-ho”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת הכוח באגם סיווה”
  • Japanese: “始華湖潮力発電所”
  • Japanese: “始華潮力発電所”
  • Korean: “시화나래조력공원”
  • Korean: “시화호조력발전소”
  • Korean: “티라이트공원”
  • Persian: “نیروگاه کشندی سیهوا”
  • Portuguese: “Usina maremotriz do lago Sihwa”
  • Portuguese: “Usina Maremotriz do Lago Sihwa”
  • Romanian: “Centrala maremotrică de la Sihwa”
  • Russian: “Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station”
  • Russian: “Сихвинская ПЭС”
  • Slovenian: “Elektrarna na plimovanje Sihwa”
  • Swedish: “Sihwa Lake tidvattenkraftverk”
  • Turkish: “Sihwa Gölü Gelgit Elektrik Santrali”
  • Turkish: “Sihwa Gölü Gelgit Enerji Santrali”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 시화나래 조력공원 and Sihwanarae Service Area.

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