Lamma Power Station, informally known as Lamma Island Power Station, is a
thermal power station
A thermal power station is a type of power station in which heat energy is converted to electrical energy. In a steam-generating cycle heat is used to boil water in a large pressure vessel to produce high-pressure steam, which drives a stea ...
and
solar farm
Solar may refer to:
Astronomy
* Of or relating to the Sun
** Solar telescope, a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun
** A device that utilizes solar energy (e.g. "solar panels")
** Solar calendar, a calendar whose dates indicate t ...
in Po Lo Tsui,
Lamma Island
Lamma Island, also known as Y Island or Pok Liu Chau or simply Pok Liu, is the third largest island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District.
Name
Lamma Island was named Lamma only because of a chart reading error by ...
,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. With an installed capacity of 3,617 MW, the power station is the second largest coal-fired power station in Hong Kong after
Castle Peak Power Station
The Castle Peak Power Station () is the largest coal-fired power station in Hong Kong. It is situated in Tap Shek Kok, Tuen Mun District, on the north shore of Urmston Road. It was named after the nearby Castle Peak, Hong Kong, Castle Peak. The st ...
.
Completed in 1982 for
Hongkong Electric
The Hongkong Electric Company (HEC; ) is one of Hong Kong's two main electricity generation companies, the other being CLP Group, China Light & Power. The company is owned by several companies including Power Assets Holdings, State Grid Corporat ...
, the station provides power to
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...
and
Lamma Island
Lamma Island, also known as Y Island or Pok Liu Chau or simply Pok Liu, is the third largest island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District.
Name
Lamma Island was named Lamma only because of a chart reading error by ...
. It was later expanded several times.
As of 2021, the total installed capacity of the power station was 3,617 MW, made up of 2,000 MW coal-fired units, 555 MW oil-fired gas turbine units, 1,060 MW
gas-fired combined cycle units, and one 1.1 MW solar power system.
Solar
In 2010,
HK Electric began installing a solar farm in Lamma Power Station with a capacity of 550 kW, with a cost of HK$23 million. The panels chosen uses 5,500 amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules, which HK Electric says performs better in the higher temperatures and tropical climate of Hong Kong.
HK Electric expanded the solar farm to a capacity of 1 MW in 2013.
The newly installed panels could generate 40% more electricity than the ones used in the original installation. The total solar farm used 8,662 PV modules covering a total area of 13,000 m
2.
In 2021, it was announced the system had been upgraded to 1.1 MW due to replacement of older panels. The solar power system is expected to be increased to 1.2 MW by 2023.
See also
*
Electricity sector in Hong Kong
Electricity sector in Hong Kong ranges from generation, transmission, distribution and sales of electricity covering Hong Kong. The combustion of coal, natural gas and oil are the main sources of electricity in Hong Kong. The electricity sector ...
*
List of power stations in Hong Kong
The following is a list of all of the active power stations in Hong Kong.
Former power stations
The following is a list of all of the former power stations in Hong Kong.
See also
* Electricity sector in Hong Kong
References
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References
External links
HK Climate Action Plan Lamma Winds
Lamma Island
Coal-fired power stations in Hong Kong
Photovoltaic power stations
Photovoltaic power stations in Hong Kong
Oil-fired power stations in Hong Kong
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