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    https://germannews.org/china-makes-huge-nuclear-leap-in-world-first-for-clean-energy/

    China has launched the world’s first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power generator, an innovative clean-energy breakthrough developed by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).

    A pioneering power generator that uses carbon dioxide instead of steam to transfer heat has been hooked up to the grid at a steel plant in Guizhou, southwestern China. The system converts waste heat into electricity, according to a November 10 post by CNNC’s Nuclear Power Institute of China, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.