ThefirstChineseexperimentalwavepowerplant,i.e.,theshoremountcdexperimentalwavepowerplantatthePearlRiverEstuarywassuccessfulintrialpowergenerationonFebruary15,1990.TheplantisonthesouthshoreoftheDawanshanIslandinthePearlRiverEstuary,facingthevastwavingSouthChinaSea.WithadesignedwaveconditionofH1/10=1.5mandT=6.5s,theplannedinstalledcapacityis8kWcomprisingthefirstunitof3kWbrushlessclawpolegeneratorwhichdelivers110VDCcurrentandthesecondunitof5kWbrushlesssinglephasesynchroACgeneratorwhichdelivers220VACcurrent.Atpresent,thefirstunithasbeenputintotrialoperation.