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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. Renewable energies: in July 2016, EDF Énergies Nouvelles acquired a majority holding (80 %) in the company UPC Asia Wind Management (AWM), which develops and builds wind power plants in China .

The signings took place between the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Clark, EDF Group Chairman and CEO Jean Bernard Levy and CGN Chairman He Yu . French Foreign Minister Jean Marc Ayrault and the Administrator of the Chinese National Energy Administration Nur Bekri attended the ceremony.

As part of their strategic partnership, EDF and China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) signed an agreement to share their experience of plant operation and engineering support for existing nuclear fleets, with the aim of preserving the highest safety levels and maintaining consistency between French and Chinese procedures and standards.