Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP Franchised bus and ferry operators have publicly sought government financial assistance to help them upgrade their fleets and switch to cleaner fuels if they are required to do so. The operators say they are seeking the unspecified help on the assumption that they will not be able to pass on the cost [...]
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Plant’s waste management plan would cost less than incinerator
SCMP I refer to the report (“Sewage could be energy source, scientist says”, September 28). While the studies of Herbert Fang, chairman of environmental engineering at the University of Hong Kong, should be encouraged, I wish to point out that the use of sewage sludge as a refuse derived fuel is not an entirely new [...]
Electricity Consumption in Hong Kong in 2006
So in 2006 we imported 10,256 GWh nuclear from Daya Bay and exported 4,528 GWh back to China produced locally by burning dirty coal and the trend continues
Daya Bay power contract extended
Govt Press Release Cheaper electricity is projected after the Executive Council today approved CLP Power’s contract extension for the supply of electricity from Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station for another 20 years from May 7, 2014. The projected average unit price of nuclear electricity from Daya Bay is expected to fall up to 12% under [...]
Ferry operators get assurance on the cost of cleaner diesel
Cheung Chi-fai and Anita Lam – SCMP The extra cost of using cleaner diesel in Hong Kong’s ferries is likely to be much less than ferry operators have claimed, the environment watchdog says. Ultra-low-sulphur marine diesel, which went on trial in five ferries yesterday, would cost about 60 HK cents a litre more than conventional [...]
Ferry firms must play part in clearing the air
SCMP The unsightly black smoke that pours from ferries as they churn across the harbour tells much about the Hong Kong government’s approach to air pollution. It is a clear sign of the need for greater urgency. Such emissions are from another era, an age when the world had little concern for the environment. Visitors [...]
Local Electricity Production
Local Electricity Production Terajoule Year Quarter Electricity generated at local plant 1979 41 006 1980 45 537 1981 47 912 1982 52 223 1983 59 360 1984 64 524 1985 69 298 1986 77 108 1987 85 513 1988 91 827 1989 98 508 1990 104 256 1991 114 800 1992 126 272 1993 129 [...]
Lamma Island power station cleans up its act to meet pollution-reduction targets
Austin Chiu, SCMP Hongkong Electric (SEHK: 0006) has installed new equipment at its Lamma Island power station, marking the completion of the first phase of a HK$1 billion project aimed at reducing emissions of gases that contribute to smog and acid rain. The first phase of the project included the installation of a flue-gas desulfurisation [...]
Hong Kong Energy Statistics 2009 Q1
Source: Census and Statistics Department, HKSAR http://www.statistics.gov.hk/publication/stat_report/commerce/B11000012009QQ01B0100.pdf
Work on Two HK Gas Pipes to Start in 2011
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP – Jun 25, 2009 Construction will begin in 2011 on two 20km underwater gas pipelines running from Shekou to Hong Kong to transport natural gas from Central Asia, CLP Power says. The pipes are necessary to supplement the supply from the company’s gas reserve in Hainan , which comes through an 800km [...]