HK Electric has entered into a contract to construct a new gas-fired generation unit manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), at Lamma Power Station (LPS). This new project is an integral part of the Company’s 2024 – 2028 Development Plan instrumental to the phasing out of coal-fired generation by 2035.
HK Electric Managing Director, Mr. Francis C.Y. Cheng, recently led a delegation to Tokyo, Japan to attend the contract-signing ceremony. “HK Electric fully supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s decarbonisation targets and is committed to further reducing emissions through replacement of coal-fired generation units with gas-fired units,” Mr. Cheng said. The new unit L13 is expected to be commissioned in 2029 as the fifth gas-fired combined-cycle generation unit at LPS.
L13 shares the same design with other gas-fired generation units now operating at LPS and the unit will be instrumental in further reducing carbon emission in the energy-transition period. With proper modifications and repurposing, all these units can use both natural gas and hydrogen as fuels in future. In support of the Government’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, HK Electric has been studying the use and introduction of green hydrogen as one of the zero-carbon energy alternatives in Hong Kong.
Mr. Cheng and the delegation visited Takasago Hydrogen Park, a technical centre under Mitsubishi Power which is a subsidiary of MHI, in Hyogo Prefecture. The Park utilises hydrogen produced by electrolysis and generates electricity either by hydrogen co-firing or 100% hydrogen firing. It is the world’s first integrated complex that validates the full value chain of hydrogen production, storage, and power generation.
Apart from visits to the hydrogen power-generation facilities including T-Point 2 combined cycle power plant, the HK Electric delegation also shared experience with the Japanese team and discussed the development of hydrogen-based power generation.
Mr. Cheng said, “HK Electric and Mitsubishi have had a journey together for decades. Our prolonged and close partnership began from the oil-firing era, then transitioned to coal, and now from coal to gas. We will continue to work together to advance energy transition, develop zero-carbon energy and help build a greener Hong Kong.”
On photo of HK Electric Mr. Cheng says that the new gas-fired unit L13 can contribute to Hong Kong’s long-term emission-reduction target and provide highly reliable and sta
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