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Lake Tekapo Hydro Power Station: The purpose of the Lake Tekapo Hydro Power Station A was to generate additional electricity to meet increasing demands in the 1920's.
The project was executed by Electrocorp New Zealand [ECNZ] and is currently being operated by Genesis Energy. The project is unique as the electricity is created by water running through a 1.4km long intake tunnel from Lake Tekapo. The project started in 1938 and was completed in 1951 after it was halted in 1942 due to WWII. Tekapo Power Station A is one of eight Hydro dams in the Waitaki Hydro scheme running from Lake Tekapo to Lake Waitaki. http://www.tekapotourism.co.nz/info/hydro.html -
La Rance Tidal Barrage: The purpose of the deliverable was to overall use the water level differential between the tides to ultimately generate electricity.
This project was executed by Électricité de France (EDF). This is considered a project as La Rance is the first tidal power station, as well as being the first tidal power station, it is also the second largest in the world. This project took 5 years to make and the cost being $100M. An interesting fact about this project is that its still active and also they have made back all the money that was spent on the project itself.
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Clyde Dam: The purpose of the Clyde Dam was to support the controversial aluminium smelter at Aramoana, Dunedin.
The Clyde Dam was executed through a joint venture between W. Williamson & Co of Christchurch and Ed Zublin AG of Stuttgart, West Germany. The project is unique as it was the third largest hydroelectric dam in NZ which flooded houses and orchards in the Cromwell and Loburn areas. The project was started in 1982 and completed in 1992. The outcome of the project was a gravity feed concrete dam that produces 424Mw of electricity. http://www.clyde.co.nz/Clyde%20Dam.html -
Strangford Lough - MCT (SeaGen): SeaGen is a twin turbine system with a mobile cross arm on a single supporting pile 3m in diameter and 9m above the average sea level. Electiricity generates once the tide runs faster than 1m/s.
End date of project: december 1 2008. This project was executed by Simec Atlantis Energy. SeaGen turbine is the worlsd first commercial-scale tidal turbine. Purpose of the deliverable was to supply electricity for both the UK and Ireland. Interesting fact is that this project is no longer in commision as of June 1st, 2016. As this project was the first of its kind, it was also used as a prototype so therefore information regarding marine wildlife and any impact on them was essential.
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Tehachapi, Wind energy storage project: The purpose of the project was to make more storage capacity for clean energy.
The project was executed by Southern California Edison. The project was unique as it was the largest battery energy storage in North America at the time of the project completion. The outcome was over a two year period the project demonstrated the benefits of battery energy storage and the value of having variable renewable energy sources integrated into the storage system capability.
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Construction of Hornsdale Power Reserve: A battery power storage facility used to store energy created by the neighbouring Hornsdale windfarm.
The project was executed by Neoen. It is unique as it is currently the largest Lithium-ion battery in the world. It is temporary because the project was to construct the Power reserve. Ongoing construction and operations are new projects. The outcome is the largest lithium-ion battery in the world.
https://www.aurecongroup.com/projects/energy/hornsdale-power-reserve