Dredging platform Taihu Light goes into operation in Taihu Lake waters

China’s independently developed world-first ecological dredging, green, and intelligent integrated water platform, named Taihu Light, was fully put into operation in the Taihu Lake waters of Yixing, Wuxi, Jiangsu, a few days ago.

The Taihu Light consists of five operational vessels connected by pipelines, including:

• the new intelligent and environmentally friendly dredging vessel Taihu Dredge 2,

• the screening and regulation vessel Taihu Light 1,

• the dewatering and volume reduction module vessels Taihu Light 2 and 3, and

• the world’s first excess water treatment vessel.

These five vessels work in concert, integrating ecological dredging and excess water purification processes with a fully closed-loop operation capability.

Also, the single-day dredging capacity is as high as 8,000 cubic meters, equivalent to filling 100 standard shipping containers.