This undated file photo provided by the Nuclear Power Institute of China under China National Nuclear Corporation shows the turbine and generator of Chaotan One in Liupanshui City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. A set of supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) power generation units commenced commercial operation on Saturday in Guizhou Province, southwest China, marking the country's pioneering commercial application of this innovative technology.

The unit now in commercial operation, located at a plant operated by Shougang Shuicheng Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. in Guizhou's Liupanshui City, constitutes a demonstration project for supercritical CO2 power generation technology utilizing sinter waste heat, according to its developer, the Nuclear Power Institute of China under China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).

The project is named Chaotan One, and each unit of the project boasts a power generation capacity of 15 megawatts. (Xinhua)