Following the departure of the typhoon, the emergency service teams of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (“CLP Power”) continue the repair and power restoration works for customers. The number of affected customers has been reduced from about 40,000 on 16 September to about 7,500 as of 7am today (18 September).
Following the departure of Severe Typhoon Mangkhut last evening (16 September), CLP Power’s emergency service teams immediately kick-started the repair and power restoration works for customers. As of 3pm today, power supply to about 13,500 customers, mainly covering New Territories North, Yuen Long and Sai Kung, has yet to resume. According to emergency service teams, many of the affected customers are located in the remote areas in the New Territories where roads are blocked by fallen trees and debris, making access to these sites and restoration works extremely difficult.
While Hurricane Signal No. 10 was in force, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited ("CLP Power")’s 400kV and 132kV overhead lines systems were affected under the extreme adverse weather.
In view of the approaching Super Typhoon Mangkhut, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited ("CLP Power") will closely monitor and assess the potential impact on its power systems. Necessary actions will be taken to safeguard the reliable supply.
In response to recent media enquiries concerning the potential impacts of piling works on marine mammals in the Hong Kong Offshore LNG Terminal Project, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) provided the following information
CLP Group (CLP) is pleased to introduce Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a leading global institutional investor, as a strategic 40% shareholder of CLP India Private Limited (CLP India). CLP GPEC (Mauritius) Holdings Limited (CLP GPEC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CLP, will maintain a majority 60% shareholding in CLP India.
CLP Holdings Limited is pleased to announce Veltoor Solar Farm in India has received from DNV GL, a global quality assurance and risk management company, the world’s first project certificate for photovoltaic (PV) power plants in a recognition of its high standards for safety and technical compliance.
To promote e-sports and smart gaming, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) sets up the CLP x e-Sports Academy at the three-day Hong Kong e-Sports & Music Festival, which began today (24 August) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. At the Academy, visitors can meet industry practitioners and learn more about the e-sports industry, and to exchange gaming experiences with pro-players.
CLP Holdings Limited (CLP) is pleased to announce strong results for the first half of 2018, reflecting the Group’s robust and diversified asset base and our commitment to meet the needs of our customers across the markets in which we operate.
The Group’s operating earnings were HK$7,886 million, an increase of 33.3% compared with the first half of 2017 with dependable results in our core market of Hong Kong and a solid performance in our overseas businesses. Total earnings increased by 25.8% to HK$7,436 million. With confidence in the long-term outlook for the company, the Board increased the level of our first and second interim dividends from HK$0.59 per share in 2017 to HK$0.61 per share this year.
CLP Holdings Limited (“CLP”) and TUS-Holdings Co., Ltd. (“TUS”) are pleased to announce the formation of a joint venture between their respective subsidiaries CLP Smart Energy (China) Limited and Beijing TUS-Clean Energy Co., Ltd. The new partnership aims to develop and deploy new energy and smart city technologies amid growing demand for digitalised energy infrastructure and services in Mainland China.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) held its Engineer in School programme for a second time in the 2017/18 academic year, enabling 10,000 students from 50 secondary schools to learn about smart cities, climate change, and the digital revolution. Through a series of school talks, workshops, engineer experience tours, and by building a model of a smart city, it also showed them how the power industry is facing up to evolving challenges. Today, CLP Power hosted an appreciation luncheon for the participating students to share their experiences.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) will introduce a new team of energy saving cartoon characters called POWER FOUR at the company’s first appearance at the Hong Kong Book Fair which will be held from 18 to 24 July. The team – appearing in a 3D cartoon Power Kid Channel to be screened in the CLP Power booth in the Children’s Paradise zone – is made up of Power Kid, star of the popular POWER YOU Kindergarten Education Kit, and three new friends helping him promote green lifestyles to children and the public.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited ("CLP Power") hosted around 2,000 visitors at workshops at the Maker Faire Hong Kong 2018 x Make Big event on the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus on 7 and 8 July, teaching them cable jointing and giving them the chance to use virtual reality (VR) to climb a transmission tower under the guidance of power engineering professionals.
CLP Innovation Enterprises Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CLP Holdings Limited (CLP), has signed two new agreements with partners in Thailand to strengthen collaboration on technologies intended for deployment in smart city environments.
The CLP Power Academy run by CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today (6 July) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vocational Training Council (VTC) to launch a new Part-time Power Engineering Diploma programme, aimed at providing upward mobility opportunity for young working people who want to pursue careers in the power industry.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today welcomed the decision by the Executive Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government to approve its Development Plan for 2018-2023. CLP Power also announced the first tariff package under the new Scheme of Control Agreement (SCA) which comes into effect on 1 October 2018. The tariff package will apply for 15 months until 31 December 2019. At the same time, a new Monthly Fuel Cost Adjustment will be introduced to reflect fuel price changes in a timelier manner.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today announced the launch of a new CLP Community Energy Saving Fund with around HK$70 million in the first year to carry out a territory-wide energy efficient and conservation campaign, encouraging residential customers to live low-carbon lifestyles, subsidising business customers to replace electrical equipment with more energy efficient models, and at the same time supporting the underprivileged. Around HK$10 million of the fund will be used to help people living in subdivided units.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today hosted a Tuen Ng Festival celebration in partnership with The Salvation Army for more than 200 elderly people and families in need from Tai Po, Tai Wo Hau, Wong Tai Sin, Sham Shui Po, and To Kwa Wan as part of the company’s Sharing the Festive Joy programme.