China has added more than 34 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity over the past decade and is rapidly installing more nuclear reactors.
China has added more than 34 gigawatts GW of nuclear power capacity over the past decade as new installations surge, the U.S. Energy Information Agency EIA said in an analysis on Monday. As of April 2024, China had 55 operating nuclear reactors with a total net capacity of 53.2 GW, while another 23 reactors are currently under construction.
Despite China’s policy of adding more nuclear capacity to reduce emissions and to meet its power demand, coal continues to be the largest electricity generation source and is the source of much of the country’s air pollution, the EIA says. China is currently constructing a total of 26 nuclear power units with a combined capacity of 30.3 GW, the highest in the world, according to a report by the China Nuclear Energy Association CNEA cited by local media last month.
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