No. 1 Generating Unit of Taishan Nuclear Power Plant is Completed on August 24, 2013

The No.1 generating unit of Taishan Nuclear Power Plant is completed on August 24, 2013. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

No. 1 generating unit of Taishan Nuclear Power Plant is completed on August 24, 2013

The No.1 generating unit of Taishan Nuclear Power Plant was completed and shipped from Deyang, Southwest China's Sichuan Province on August 24, 2013.

Manufactured by Dongfang Electric Corporation, the power generator was used in Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, China's first large-scale commercial nuclear power station built with the third-generation nuclear power technology European pressurized reactor (EPR).

The development of the unit was a milestone for China and set a new record in the large-capacity and high-parameter generator manufacturing industry.

Chile's first China-built wind farm starts operation on August 24, 2018

Punta Sierra Wind Farm, Chile's first wind farm invested and built by China's central SOEs, went into service on August 24, 2018.

The farm is a result of the Belt and Road Initiative and has a gross installed capacity of 80 MW.

It can produce 282 GWh of electricity annually, which can meet the power demands of 130,000 households. It can also help reduce about 157,000 tons of carbon emissions every year.

A 220-kV booster station was also built to transform electricity for household use.

(Executive editor: Hao Wen)