Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant

Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant
Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	岭澳核电站
Country	China
Location	Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Coordinates	22°36′17.24″N 114°33′05.36″E / 22.6047889°N 114.5514889°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: May 15, 1997; Unit 2: November 28, 1997; Unit 3: December 15, 2005; Unit 4: June 15, 2006;
Commission date	Unit 1: February 26, 2002; Unit 2: September 14, 2002; Unit 3: July 15, 2010; Unit 4: May 3, 2011;
Owners	Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management Company
Operator	Lingao Nuclear Power Company Ltd.
Nuclear power station
Reactors	4 (2 in Phase I, 2 in Phase II)
Reactor type	PWR
Cooling source	South China Sea
Thermal capacity	4 x 2905 MWt;
Total electricity generated	448.55 TWh (1,614.8 PJ) (by the end of 2021)
Power generation
Units operational	Net:; 2 x 950 MWe (Units 1-2); 2 x 1007 MWe (Units 3-4); Gross:; 2 x 990 MWe (Units 1-2); 2 x 1080 MWe (Units 3-4);
Make and model	M310 (Units 1-2); CPR-1000 (Units 3-4);
Nameplate capacity	3914 MWe
Capacity factor	2021:; Unit 1: 89.4%; Unit 2: 97.8%; Unit 3: 82.9%; Unit 4: 83.5%; Lifetime:; Unit 1: 88.3%; Unit 2: 88.9%; Unit 3: 86.2%; Unit 4: 86.0%;
Annual net output	30,263.51 GWh (108,948.6 TJ) (2021)

Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plant (岭澳核电站) is located on the Dapeng Peninsula in Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, about 60 km north of Hong Kong, 1 km north of Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant. It is operated by China General Nuclear Power Group. The units on site are separated between phase I and phase II.

The plant was one of China's largest energy projects of the latter 1990s.^: 45