The first contract concluded with the municipality of Sanya (700 000 inhabitants in the province of Hainan in the south of the country) covers design, construction and operation for thirty years of the network of chilled water (for air conditioning) and sanitation hot water production stations... The expected commercial operation of the reactor will commence in 2018 . Electromechanical assembly is being continued on unit 2, with start-up planned for 2019 . EDF also provides support for the CGN Group with operation of its entire fleet.