Lamma Power Station, informally known as Lamma Island Power Station, is a

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and

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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 ...

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. 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. 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 China Light & Power. The company is owned by several companies including Power Assets Holdings, State Grid Corporation of Chi ...

, the station provides power to

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and

. 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 The Hongkong Electric Company (HEC; ) is one of Hong Kong's two main electricity generation companies, the other being China Light & Power. The company is owned by several companies including Power Assets Holdings, State Grid Corporation of Chi ...

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 m². 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.

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HK Climate Action Plan

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