China’s State Council has approved 11 new nuclear reactors to be built across five sites across China. The new reactors will be installed in the coastal provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong and Zhejiang (eastern China), and in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (southern China).
CGN Power Corporation said it had obtained approval for six new reactors at three sites (Specifically, the Shandong Zhaoyuan nuclear project, the Zhejiang Sanao nuclear project and the Guangdong Lufeng nuclear project), while China National Nuclear Corporation received approval for three reactors for the Jiangsu Xuwei nuclear project. Finally, State Power Investment Corporation received approval for two reactors for the Guangxi Bailong nuclear project.
The total investment for the 11 reactors is expected to exceed CNY220bn (US$30.8bn) and their construction will take about five years.
At the end of 2023, China’s nuclear capacity reached 56.9 GW (with 56 operational reactors) and its nuclear power generation reached nearly 435 TWh (around 5% of the power mix). China targets 200 GW of nuclear capacity by 2035. The country currently has over 32 GW of nuclear capacity under construction and 172 GW under development.
Interested in Power Plants?
Enerdata has developed a market research service to screen, monitor and analyse the development of power generation assets.
Power Plant Tracker offers an interactive database and a powerful search engine covering power plants worldwide – including both installed and planned capacities for renewables and fossil fuels.