China’s Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant, with total installed capacity of over 6.71 million kilowatts is ready for commercial operations after a trial run of 168 hours for its sixth-generating unit.
That makes Hongyanhe, located in NE China’s Liaoning the largest of operating nuclear plant in China and the third-largest nuclear power plant in the world.
Unit 6 of Hongyanhe was connected to the grid for the first time on May 2.
The six units can generate 48 billion kilowatt-hours(kWh) of electricity a year accounting for 20 percent of the total electricity consumption in Liaoning Province.
Compared to coal-fired ones, the Hongyanhe plant could save more than 14 million tons of coal consumption and reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 40 million tons a year, equivalent to planting over 108,000 hectares of trees.
China saw its nuclear power generation capacity continue to enlarge in 2022 hitting a high of 166.3 billion kWh in the first five months of 2022 an increase of 4.5 percent year on year.
China has 54 nuclear power units in operation with an installed capacity of 55.81 million kilowatts, ranking third in the world.
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