I put questions from Alan, Liz and myself to HK Electric's Public Affairs Dept. yesterday:
“Are there construction plans in the public arena??”
“What are the latest news about using Renewable Energy, especially your Wind Farm plans?”
“Any more plans for solar, outside your Power Station?”
“Can we expect an influx of engineers and builders for this project in North Lamma, driving up the rents even higher?”
Their answers (Thank you for the quick responses):
• Construction of L10 will take place within the Lamma Power Station Extension. Major piling work is planned to start in March 2016 and civil construction works will start in November 2016. The peak construction period will however be sometimes towards late 2017 and early 2019 where the number of construction workers is expected to increase.
• Re the renewable, currently we still have a plan to develop an offshore wind farm off southwest of Lamma Island, though approval of the project is still pending government’s decision.
• In addition, HK Electric keeps on exploring feasibility of developing more solar Photo-voltaics aiming at providing green and affordable electricity to our customers.
• Based on our past experience, builders are mostly local workers and will in general not reside at Lamma, whereas there may be limited number of overseas specialist engineers who might prefer to stay at Lamma.
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