The move aligns with China’s objectives to diversify its energy mix and achieve its carbon neutrality goals.
Unit 1, which has a net design capacity of 1.12GW, was connected to the national grid in November 2024. It meets the latest technical standards and global safety requirements.
China National Nuclear Power, a subsidiary of CNNC, oversees the investment and operational management of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project.
Zhangzhou’s Phase I, with two AP1000 units, was approved in May 2014. CNNC later opted for the Hualong One design, delaying construction to May 2017. Construction of Zhangzhou Unit 1 began in October 2019.
Hualong One is a domestically developed third-generation pressurised water reactor technology.
Each unit is capable of generating more than ten billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, enough to satisfy the yearly production and residential power needs of one million people in moderately developed countries.
This equates to a reduction of 3.12 million tonnes of standard coal consumption and a decrease of 8.16 million tonnes in carbon dioxide emissions each year.
