Period of the Republic of China has 3 big power plant in Changjiang Delta: The capital power plant of Nanjing, the poplar riverside power plant of the brake mouth power plant of Hangzhou and Shanghai. The power plant majority of period of the Republic of China belongs to igneous power plant.
China's earliest power plant built 1882, it is the Shanghai lighting company that the Englishman creates in Shanghai concession. The power plant at that time is power supply of electric lamp illume only namely, because this is old,Shanghai person calls power plant electric lamp company.
Poplar riverside power plant is located in area of Shanghai Yang Pu, built by English investment 1913, to 1924, installed capacity amounts to 121 thousand kilowatt, become far east is the biggest at that time power plant. Bureau of the Ministry of Works in feudal China of Shanghai flower concession sold American international electric bond limited company whole business 1929, serve as generate electricity place be subordinate to belongs to Shanghai power company. 1949, the total installed capacity of factory of this home appliance is occupied at that time 10.5% of countrywide total installed capacity, 70% what electricenergy production is Shanghai region total electricenergy production about! What can says power plant is medium at that time is gigantic without bully.
2010 according to Shanghai government energy-saving the demand that reduces a platoon, poplar riverside power plant is formal stop production, according to Yang Pu the area plans, old building can be withheld to come down inside these factories, with Huang Pu Jiang Yanjiang's whole plans to be united in wedlock together, do culture originality to read extensively recreational recreation is developed at the whole of an organic whole.