List of power stations in Hong Kong

The following is a list of all of the active power stations in Hong Kong.

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Year(s) built Owner Picture
Black Point Power Station Tuen Mun District
  • Primary:
  • Gas
  • Backup:
  • Oil (Diesel)
3,250[1] 1996–2020 CLP Group (70%)
China Southern Power Grid (30%)
Castle Peak Power Station Tuen Mun District
  • Primary:
  • Coal
  • Backup:
  • Oil (Diesel)
  • Gas
4,108[2] 1981–1990 CLP Group (70%)
China Southern Power Grid (30%)
Lamma Power Station Lamma Island
  • Coal
  • Oil
  • Gas
  • Solar
3,652[3] 1981–1982 Hong Kong Electric
Penny's Bay Power Station Penny's Bay, Lantau Island Oil (Diesel) 300[4] 1992 CLP Group (70%)
China Southern Power Grid (30%)
Lamma Winds Lamma Island Wind 0.8[5] 2006 Hong Kong Electric
WE Station West New Territories Landfill, Tuen Mun District Waste-to-energy 10[6] 2020 CLP Group (70%)
China Southern Power Grid (30%)[6]

Former power stations

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The following is a list of all of the former power stations in Hong Kong.

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Year(s) built Owner Status Picture
Hung Hom Power Station Chatham Road and Princess Margaret Road Coal 75 kW 1903 CLP Group Closed and area re-developed
 
Hok Un Power Station A Hok Yuen, Hung Hom, now Laguna Verde estate Oil ? 1940 CLP Group Closed and replaced by Black Point PS and Castle Peak PS
Hok Un Power Station B Hok Yuen, Hung Hom, now Laguna Verde estate Oil ? 1950 CLP Group Closed 1991 and replaced by Black Point PS and Castle Peak PS
Tsing Yi Power Station Tsing Yi Island Oil; Gas 1520 MW 1969 CLP Group Closed 1990s and replaced by Black Point PS and Castle Peak PS. Demolished and site used for container storage and CLP Tsing Yi Centre
Wan Chai Power Station Wan Chai, now site of Art Deco residential flat (31 Wing Fung Street) Coal 50 kW 1890 Hong Kong Electric Closed 1922 and replaced by North Point PS
 
North Point Power Station A North Point, now City Garden residential complex Coal 3 MW 1919 Hong Kong Electric Closed 1989[clarification needed]
 
North Point Power Station B North Point, now City Garden residential complex Coal 30 MW 1958 Hong Kong Electric Closed 1989
North Point Power Station C North Point, now City Garden residential complex Oil 60 MW 1966 Hong Kong Electric Closed 1989
Ap Lei Chau Power Station Ap Lei Chau, now South Horizons housing estate, 34 towers built by Hutchison Whampoa Oil 750 MW 1968 Hong Kong Electric Closed 1989; generator[clarification needed] moved to Lamma and decommissioned 1984–1989
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2022 Interim Report (PDF) (Report). CLP Group. 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  2. ^ "Castle Peak Power Station". CLP. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  3. ^ "Electricity Generation". HK Electric. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  4. ^ "Penny's Bay Power Station". CLP. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  5. ^ "Lamma Wind Power Station". HK Electric. 2022-09-10. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  6. ^ a b "West New Territories Landfill Gas Power Generation Project (WE Station)". CLP Group. Retrieved 2022-08-03.