Lambton Generating Station was a 2000MW coal fired power station, located on the St Clair River, 26km downstream of Sarnia, Ontario. During its operation the facility had continuing issues with gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) entering the intake and being drawn into the condensers, which at times caused some of the Read more…
Pembroke B Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Station is the largest power station to be built in the United Kingdom since Drax Power Station was completed in 1986, and is the largest CCGT station in Europe. The station is located on Pennar Gut, a small bay feeding Milford Haven Read more…
Invasive carp, most notably Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) and Silver carp (H. molitrix), were introduced to control weed growth in aquatic farms located on the Mississippi in the 1970s, and some escaped during later flooding. They rapidly established within the river and starting expanding northwards up the Mississippi River and Read more…
The San Joaquin River (SJR) (California, USA) supports an endangered stock of anadromous Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), a species that smoltifies and runs to sea in its first year via the San Francisco Delta. As it descends towards the Delta, the SJR channel splits, with around 75% of spring flow Read more…