China Keeps Pushing Nuclear Power With Ambitious Growth Target
The Taipingling nuclear power project in Guangdong Province.
Photographer: Ke Yongchu/Xinhua/Getty Images
China is maintaining the pressure on its nuclear power giants to deliver more reactors with an ambitious new target, despite a string of misses in recent years.
The government last week set a goal of 110 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2030 in its latest five-year plan draft, a 76% jump from the end of last year. The new objective comes after the country fell short of reaching 58 gigawatts by 2020 and 70 gigawatts by 2025.