The Ocean and Fishery Bureau of Shandong Province announced that three large, coastal power plants will begin using seawater as their water source to ease pressure on fresh water resources.

At Huangdao Power Plant, the treated seawater accounts for approximately 50 percent of water used by the plant. Currently, two seawater desalting machines are being designed, each with the capacity to desalt 10,000 tons of water. These two machines will be put into operation next year. In 2008, Huangdao Power Plant will become the first power plant to use desalted seawater to generate electricity.

The other two power plans using seawater are Huadian International Laizhou Power Plant and Guodian Penglai Power Co., Ltd.

By People's Daily Online