The following statistics were gatherered from both China Light and Power and HK Electric Holdings in reference to the total electricity sent out and the resulting emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrous Oxides (NOx) and Particulates emitted.
|
Year 2006 |
CLP |
HK Electric Holdings |
Total/Year |
Daily Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total Electricity Sent Out 2006 (Gwh) |
25,024 |
12,199 |
37,223,000 Mwh |
101,980.82 MwH |
|
C02 emitted – Kilo Tonnes (Kt) |
17,990 |
9,850 |
27,840,000 tonnes |
76,273.97 tonnes |
|
S02 emitted (Sulphur Dioxide) Kt |
36 |
30 |
66,000 tonnes |
180.82 tonnes |
|
N0x emitted (Nitrous Oxides) Kt |
24.5 |
17.3 |
41,800 tonnes |
114.52 tonnes |
|
Particulates emitted Kt |
1.5 |
1.3 |
2,800 tonnes |
7.67 tonnes |
2006 emissions by HK Power plants Source:
https://www.clpgroup.com/SocNEnv/SER/Performance/KeyPerofrmance/Pages/default.aspx
https://www.clpgroup.com/Abt/Res/Pub/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.heh.com/NR/rdonlyres/031CA156-3A44-447D-B598-7866268825F7/0/13InPursuitofExcellence.pdf
The following letter was sent by James Middleton on behalf of Clear The Air Hong Kong, to the Director for Environmental Protection:
Dear Sir,
I refer to a letter in another local English language daily last week ‘Naive view of HK pollution’ by Angela Jackson which refers to the administration chief’s intention to match Hong Kong with London’s and New York’s pollution levels by 2005. For this we must now read ‘2010’.
The Hong Kong Government has frequently stated that most of Hong Kong’s pollution emanates from the Pearl River Delta. I think they have been watching too many ‘Yes Prime Minister’ shows and tried to copy the antics. Strange then that on major chinese public holidays when the factories over the border were shut that Hong Kong was still in pea soup air.
If one follows the weblinks on the two local power company websites to audited emission figures provided by the coal burning local polluters it shows that the two between them emitted 76,576 tonnes of pollutants and greenhouse C02 gas into Hong Kong’s air on average every day of the year in 2006 (yes that is three thousand one hundred and ninety tonnes per hour) – then we have the old diesel buses, trucks and PLB roadside pollution and ship emissions in the harbour on top of this number and that’s before anyone smokes tobacco.
Having raised this with the EPD we received the following reply:
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your messages addressed to this department on 15 and 16 November 2007.
Curbing emissions from power plants is one of the top environmental agenda of the HKSAR Government. Under the Air Pollution Control Ordinance, power plants are classified as specified processes requiring licensing control and the use of the most advanced control technology to prevent the emissions and ensure the meeting of the relevant air quality objectives.
Also, from 1997, we have established the policy that all new generating units have to be natural gas-fired plants which emit virtually no sulphur dioxide and particulates, 80% less of nitrogen oxides and about half of the carbon dioxide emissions.
To improve air quality, the Hong Kong SAR Government reached a consensus with the Guangdong Provincial Government in April 2002 to reduce the emission of SO2, NOx, RSP and volatile organic compounds by 40%, 20%, 55% and 55%, respectively by 2010 compared to 1997 levels. Both power companies are required to cap their emissions progressively during their licence renewals to achieve the 2010 emission reduction targets.
Please be assured that the HKSAR will continue its best efforts to ensure the maximum reduction of power companies’ emission for protecting the public from any adverse health effects. On carbon emissions disclosure, you may have noted that the two power companies have provided CO2 emissions data of their power plants in Hong Kong at their corporate websites.
Yours faithfully,
Louis Chan for Director of Environmental Protection