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It'll be realistic once China starts building a new reactor every month, which is something they plan to do.
by m0zg 5y ago
It'll be realistic once China starts building a new reactor every month, which is something they plan to do.
- natmaka 5y agoAs far as I know China didn't announce anything. Where is the official announcement? The source is a Bloomberg article ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-02/china-climate-goals-hinge-on-440-billion-nuclear-power-plan-to-rival-u-s https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-02/china-cli... ) which states that the boss of Chine General Power corp. announced his plans 200GW for 2035, nothing more. Admitting that it is an official governmental announcement (it doesn't seem so(?)) and given that China already has 50GW, that's maybe 100GW new (way less than 150 standard reactors). Compare with renewables: 790GW already running (26% of the gridpower), and 1200GW planned for 2030. In 2020 China added 71,6GW windturbine power. Even considering the load factors the picture is pretty clear. Complements: https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/The-World-Nuclear-Industry-Status-Report-2021-HTML.html#_idTextAnchor021 https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/The-World-Nuclear-Industr... https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/The-World-Nuclear-Industry-Status-Report-2021-HTML.html#_idTextAnchor175 https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/The-World-Nuclear-Industr... (Thanks to Y. Marignac for part of the data)