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China and France are setting the example, are we a 'CANDU' country though?
China has expanded its nuclear power capacity at the fastest rate of any country in the 21st century, according to new data from Global Energy Monitor. Despite a moratorium on inland nuclear plants imposed after the Fukushima disaster, China is building enough capacity to overtake France within the next few years and hold the world’s second-largest nuclear fleet. Nearly half of the world’s nuclear power under construction is located in China. Its government has promoted nuclear power to shore up baseload capacity in the electricity sector and to help achieve its targets for carbon peaking before 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. But not all of the proposed buildout may come to fruition. Less than one-third of China’s planned nuclear capacity has begun construction, and China already has more cancelled nuclear capacity than any other country as a result of its pivot away from inland nuclear plants. By contrast, China has about two-thirds of the world’s utility-scale solar and wind power under construction, which, along with promising advancements in utility-scale battery technology, may reduce the need for continued additions of nuclear power.
globalenergymonitor.org
China is building half of the world’s new nuclear power despite inland plants pause
China has expanded its nuclear power capacity at the fastest rate of any country in the 21st century, according to new data from Global Energy Monitor. Despite a moratorium on inland nuclear plants imposed after the Fukushima disaster, China is building enough capacity to overtake France within the next few years and hold the world’s second-largest nuclear fleet. Nearly half of the world’s nuclear power under construction is located in China. Its government has promoted nuclear power to shore up baseload capacity in the electricity sector and to help achieve its targets for carbon peaking before 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. But not all of the proposed buildout may come to fruition. Less than one-third of China’s planned nuclear capacity has begun construction, and China already has more cancelled nuclear capacity than any other country as a result of its pivot away from inland nuclear plants. By contrast, China has about two-thirds of the world’s utility-scale solar and wind power under construction, which, along with promising advancements in utility-scale battery technology, may reduce the need for continued additions of nuclear power.
China is building half of the world’s new nuclear power despite inland plants pause
globalenergymonitor.org
