Construction under way of third Taipingling unit

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

“On the morning of 10 June, the mobilisation meeting for the construction of unit 3 of CGN Guangdong Taipingling Nuclear Power Project was held in Huizhou,” China General Nuclear Power announced. “The project completed the pouring of the first batch of concrete on the nuclear island, marking the official start of construction of the main project.”

The Taipingling plant will eventually have six Hualong One reactors. The construction of the first and second units began in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Unit 1 is scheduled to start up in 2025, with unit 2 following in 2026.

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Construction of the second phase of the plant – units 3 and 4 – was approved by China’s State Council on 29 December 2023.

CGN said Taipingling will provide clean energy for the sustainable economic development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Once all six Hualong One units are completed, its annual power generation will be some 50 billion kWh, CGN said and will “provide a steady stream of clean energy for the sustainable economic and social development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” and reduce CO2 emissions by 41.6 million tonnes per year.