View of the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant in South China's Guangdong province. XINHUA
Unit 2 of the Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant in South China's Guangdong province officially began generating electricity on Monday, marking the full completion and operation of Phase I of the first "Hualong One" third-generation nuclear power project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Operated by China General Nuclear Power Group, the milestone signals a major step forward for the region's green energy transition, delivering stable, low-carbon baseload power to the country's southern economic powerhouse.
Based on the average utilization hours of domestic nuclear power plants in 2025, the two units of Phase I are projected to generate more than 18 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, said CGN.
This massive output is sufficient to meet the annual production and living electricity demands of nearly 2 million people, while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 16.63 million metric tons each year, delivering substantial environmental benefits, it said.
The announcement came after China greenlit 8 new nuclear reactors last week, accelerating its atomic energy expansion and cementing its dominance in the global push for next-generation clean energy.
