Lamma Winds () is a
wind farm
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, more accurately a lone wind turbine, in
Tai Ling,
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 ...
where the average wind velocity is 5.5 m/s.
Built near the
Lamma Power Station
Lamma Power Station, informally known as Lamma Island Power Station, is a thermal power station and solar farm in Po Lo Tsui, Lamma Island, Hong Kong. With an installed capacity of 3,617 MW, the power station is the second largest coal-fired p ...
and owned by
Hongkong Electric, on average it provides slightly over 100 kW of power to
Hong Kong Island
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and Lamma Island.
Technical details
Lamma Winds began operating on 23 February 2006, and was the first commercial-scale wind turbine in Hong Kong. The wind turbine is a
Nordex
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N50/800 kW model with a rotor diameter of , a
nameplate capacity
Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity, or maximum effect, is the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power station, of
and a
capacity factor
The net capacity factor is the unitless ratio of actual electrical energy output over a given period of time to the theoretical maximum electrical energy output over that period. The theoretical maximum energy output of a given installation is de ...
of about 13% which delivers an average output of around .
It can generate enough power for approximately 250 households in ideal conditions, though considerably fewer in typical conditions.
Before the construction of the wind turbine, Environmental Resources Management of Hong Kong (ERMHK) analyzed its
environmental impacts
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, and predicted no significant adverse effects.
Exhibition centre
Lamma Winds is one of the relatively few commercial-scale wind turbines in the world that is open to the public. An exhibition centre surrounds the base of the wind turbine, and is open daily from 7 AM to 6 PM, including weekends and holidays.
Access to the exhibition center is
on foot; the walk from
Yung Shue Wan Ferry Pier takes about 40 minutes.
File:Lamma Winds visitor kiosk tower base.jpg, Kiosk at the wind turbine base
File:Lamma wind turbine 5.JPG
File:Lamma Winds turbine.jpg
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
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Lamma Winds
Lamma Island
Wind farms in Hong Kong
Wind turbines
2006 establishments in Hong Kong