Future Nuclear Power in China
China will use new-energy sources such as nuclear energy and put an end to blind expansion in industries such as solar energy and wind power in 2012. China intends to expand renewable energy to 11.4% of China's energy consumption by 2016. Hydroelectric will play the largest roll in this expansion, contributing two-thirds of this and adding 20 GW of new installed capacity, which is expected to cost about $21.7 billion. Other renewable resources, like wind and solar, will continue to contribute and expand, but they will take a back seat to nuclear power and hydroelectric in China's new energy plan. Since 2008, China's capacity to produce both solar modules and wind turbines has doubled each year. Today, China now leads the world in the ability to manufacture this equipment.
China will use new-energy sources such as nuclear energy and put an end to blind expansion in industries such as solar energy and wind power in 2012. China intends to expand renewable energy to 11.4% of China's energy consumption by 2016. Hydroelectric will play the largest roll in this expansion, contributing two-thirds of this and adding 20 GW of new installed capacity, which is expected to cost about $21.7 billion. Other renewable resources, like wind and solar, will continue to contribute and expand, but they will take a back seat to nuclear power and hydroelectric in China's new energy plan. Since 2008, China's capacity to produce both solar modules and wind turbines has doubled each year. Today, China now leads the world in the ability to manufacture this equipment.