Posts under ‘EPD’

Sara Yin - Updated on Sep 28, 2008 - SCMP
The pink dolphins are safe, at least. The memorandum of understanding between Beijing and Hong Kong for gas supplies tied local energy needs and planning to those of the mainland. And although that meant the end of plans for a US$10 billion gas terminal on South […]

A night tour of Nathan Road discovers the array of flashing neon is not as cool as it might appear.
Yau Chui-yan - Updated on Jul 20, 2008 - SCMP
Twenty people gather in Nathan Road and look up at the same flashing advertising sign for a minute.
The 20, all from different professions, none of whom know […]

Peter So - Updated on Apr 07, 2008 - SCMP
Greenpeace wants the government to impose a legal cap on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants after a survey found more than 80 per cent of people agreed with the move.
Of the 514 people polled, 70 per cent were concerned with the effects of global warming […]

Cheung Chi-fai - Updated on Mar 13, 2008 - SCMPCLP Power’s carbon dioxide emissions rose 8.5 per cent last year, hitting a 15-year high as it generated power for the city using more coal and less natural gas.
The city’s biggest power supplier also emitted a quarter more nitrogen oxide - a smog-inducing air pollutant […]

Cheung Chi-fai
Updated on Jan 01, 2008 - SCMP
Limits on the amount of pollution CLP Power’s gas-fired power station may emit have been renewed, but with the proviso that the company may breach them if it reduces pollution from its coal-fired turbines.
The Environmental Protection Department said the proviso was intended to encourage the company to use […]

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 […]

Date: 22 January 2007
To : Environmental Protection Department
Re: Environmental Impact Assessment under Study Brief No. ESB-126/2005 for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Terminal by Castle Peak Power Company
Clear The Air Response to EIA based on objectives of the study brief
1. Proposed capacity
“The objectives of the EIA study are as follows:
(ii) to provide information on the […]

Good caps & a good penalty to get the blue sky back
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) is going to renew the process license for the Lamma Island power plants of Hongkong Electric Company (HEC) very soon. It will also be the first time for the EPD to include emissions caps for the 3 air pollutants […]

Earth Day 2004
South China Morning Post Editorial
Friday April 23 2004
Facts on pollution must get public airing
Earth Day brought distressing news about the quality of the air we breathe…
Then there was the revelation by our largest power producer, CLP Power, that emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide particles have increased dramatically over the past year […]