Article: China to build more nuclear power plants in 12th Five-Year Plan

Source: http://business.globaltimes.cn/industries/2011-01/611889.html


Electricity produced by nuclear plants only accounted for 1.8 percent last year in the country, while the average globally easily pinches the 17 percent. France, for instance, produces more than 70 percent of its electricity from nuclear power plants.


Zhao stressed that the country has as objective generating 15 percent of all its energy supply by way of non-fossil energy by 2020, and the forming of a low-carbon economy along with constructions of nuclear power plants have become the hot option in the energy sector, as wind electricity and photovoltaic power all face problems with the still-incapable power grid network. 


Ref: http://business.globaltimes.cn/china-economy/2010-09/578657.html


Nuclear power capacity in 2020 would be 70 million kilowatts, said Zhao Chengkun, vice president of China Nuclear Energy Association. The nuclear power capacity planned in 2007 was 40 million kilowatts.


Ref: http://www.sify.com/news/china-unveils-2015-energy-and-power-expansion-plans-news-others-lbgtaodecgj.html