March 2013. Fuel loading at Haiyang 1 began on June 22, 2018. First grid connection was on 17 August 2018.Unit 1 began commercial operation on 22 October 2018.

Construction of unit 2 started in June 2010, at that time the fourth Chinese AP1000 project together with the two units of the Sanmen NPP. Commercial operation began in January 2019, after having completed a full-power test run for a week (168 hours). Both units will provide together about 20 TWh of electricity to the grid of