Nuclear energy in Hong Kong

However, a Hong Kong company, Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company (HKNIC), owns 25% share in Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong.[2] Hong Kong currently imports electricity from Mainland China from the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong since 1994.[citation needed] CLP will also import 17% of electricity from the planned Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station in Guangdong by 2017 under the agreement with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company.[citation needed] To reduce the carbon dioxide emission in Hong Kong, new coal-fired power plants have not been allowed to be built anymore since 1997.The current existing coal-fired power plants will be kept on low utilization as reserve.
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong supplying electricity to Hong Kong since 1994
Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station in Guangdong will supply electricity to Hong Kong in 2017
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