China’s Daya Bay nuclear plant generates over 1 trillion kWh of grid power

It has been operating for 31 years.

The Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in China has reached over 1 trillion kilowatt-hours of grid power generation since it was commissioned in 1994.

According to China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), the cumulative energy produced by tha facility has prevented the consumption of over 300 million tonnes of standard coal. It has also reduced carbon dioxide emissions by more than 820 million tonnes, equal to afforesting approximately 2.25 million hectares of land.

The Daya Bay nuclear plant was commissioned in 1994 in South China's Shenzhen. It was the first large-scale commercial nuclear power plant on the Chinese mainland, and one of the largest pressurised water reactor clusters globally with a total installed capacity of more than 6 gigawatts.

"We have implemented nearly 200 technical upgrades and over 50 innovations, significantly enhancing the reactors' nuclear safety, digitalisation and reliability," said He Liuyi, general manager of Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management Co., Ltd.