The three power stations in Hong Kong are located in Castle Peak, Lung Kwu Tan and Penny’s Bay. Among three of them, Castle Peak commences its service the earliest and provides the public with the highest power generation. On August 11, we arranged a trip to The Castle Peak Power Station, which is recognized as one of the world’s cleanest coal-fired power plants and has been promoting emissions reduction measures to protect the environment for many years.

On the day of the tour, the tour guide from CLP first introduced the power generation process at “ElectriCity” exhibition hall, which gave us a better understanding of how CLP supplies electricity to the public. Ambassadors then continued their visit to the turbine hall. The turbines driven by hot steam from boiling hot water can generate huge amount of electricity while spinning. Most of our ambassadors were very interested in those large machines and they were busy taking a lot of photos.

Finally, CLP organized a bus tour for us so that ambassadors had the opportunity to see most of the facilities at Castle Peak Power Station, such as coal storage, turbines, oil tanks and natural gas pipes. Undoubtedly, it was an eye-opening experience for all ambassadors.