Web Site Contents
(1) Home Page
What Is It
Why Aberthaw?
Why Now?
(2) Employment Opportunities
Barrage Contract Placement
Barrage Study contracts
Barrage Operator staff
Specialist installation & maintenance staff
Machine Hall 15 – Commercial activities
(3) Visitor Centre
(4) The Past
(5) The Present (2019 Outline Design)
(6) A Possible Future
(7) Water-Turbines & Storage Batteries
Data Requirement
Preliminary Selection of Water-Turbines
Storage Batteries
The Selection Process - 20MW batteries
The Selection Process - 40MW batteries
(8) Structure & Assembly
Layout
Main Frame Units (MFU)
Root Tubes & Depth Adjustment Boxes
MFU Installation
(9) Operation & Maintenance
Control Rooms
Shore to Barrage load transit
Preparing load for transit
Load offload at Barrage
Repair and Maintenance
(10) Barrage Shipping
Transit Channels and Locks
The Barrage Ship Docks
(11) Barrage Security
Security Areas
Malicious Access
Ship collisions – Barrage & Pier
Barrage Buffer Ponds
Pier Lagoons
(12) Flood Protection incl. Climate Change
Flood Risk (2014)
Upstream Depth Control
Flood Prevention 2014
Surges and Large Waves
Flood Protection in the Future
(13) Barrage Marine Life
Transit Channels
Migration Aid - Salmon
(14) Debris & Sediment
Debris and Sediment Accumulation
Sediment collection
Sediment Removal Barge
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