Re:Bill Gates' nuclear venture plans reactor to complement s...
by natmaka on Friday August 28, 2020 @06:08AM
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In 2009 their intention was to "raise the percentage of China's electricity produced by nuclear power to 6% by 2020"
In 2019 nuclear produced 4.9% of the gridpower.
Not very "ambitious" in my book, especially given their to solar and wind (wind power generation capacity added in the sole year 2016 produced 4%).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_China
The language barrier remains low here because China builds with non-Chinese partners (French "Électricité de France" for the EPR, Russian "Atomstroyexport" for the VVER) or at the very least builds local extensions to existing architectures which may be exported and therefore are closely followed by foreigners (Brookfield Business Partners, as the new owner of Westinghouse, and the "CAP" potential series). Even the new (and not yet active) local model (Hualong) is potentially exportable and therefore well documented. Moreover all this stuff is submitted to IAEA inspections, which are well-documented and expose it to international experts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China
Not very "ambitious" in my book, especially given their to solar and wind (wind power generation capacity added in the sole year 2016 produced 4%). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_China
Solar is even more dynamic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_China
The language barrier remains low here because China builds with non-Chinese partners (French "Électricité de France" for the EPR, Russian "Atomstroyexport" for the VVER) or at the very least builds local extensions to existing architectures which may be exported and therefore are closely followed by foreigners (Brookfield Business Partners, as the new owner of Westinghouse, and the "CAP" potential series). Even the new (and not yet active) local model (Hualong) is potentially exportable and therefore well documented. Moreover all this stuff is submitted to IAEA inspections, which are well-documented and expose it to international experts.