Hong Kong secures nuclear supply

The Daya Bay nuclear power plant will continue to figure large in the Chinese region's power supply after the approval of a 20-year contract extension.

Daya Bay was built in the early 1990s and some 70% of the output of its two 944 MWe reactors has always been purchased by China Light and Power (CLP), the major utility in Hong Kong. This makes up 30% of CLP's supplies and 25% of Hong Kong's overall.

On 22 September, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) approved a deal for that level of supply to continue until 2034.

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