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 power station in Hong Kong after Castle Peak Power Station.

Lamma Power Station
南丫發電廠
Location of Lamma Power Station in Hong Kong
Official name
  • Lamma Island Power Station
  • 南丫島發電廠
CountryHong Kong
LocationPo Lo Tsui, Lamma Island, New Territories
Coordinates22°13′6.51″N 114°6′28.63″E
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 1982 (Thermal power station)[1]
  • 2010 (Solar farm)
[2]
Owner(s)Hongkong Electric
Operator(s)
Solar farm
TypeFlat-panel PV
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Power generation
Units operational
Nameplate capacity3,652 MW (2022)[3]
External links
Websitewww.hkelectric.com/en/our-operations/electricity-generation
CommonsRelated media on Commons
Lamma Power Station
Traditional Chinese南丫發電廠

Completed in 1982 for Hongkong Electric, the station provides power to Hong Kong Island and Lamma Island. It was later expanded several times.[1] 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.[2]

Solar

In 2010, HK Electric 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.[4][5]

HK Electric expanded the solar farm to a capacity of 1 MW in 2013.[6] 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.[6]

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.[2]

See also

References
  1. Lamma Power Station (PDF) (Report). HK Electric. March 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. "Sustainability Report 2021" (PDF). www.hkelectric.com. HK Electric. March 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. "Electricity Generation". HK Electric. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. Duce, John (29 July 2010). "Hongkong Electric Starts City's Biggest Solar Project". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. "HK Electric Commissions Hong Kong's Largest Solar Power System". HK Electric. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. "Hong Kong's Largest Solar Power System Gets Capacity Boost to 1MW". Hongkong Electric. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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