Electric Power Transmission

6 Aug 2012

Electricity is the driver of any nation's industrial growth, but Indian politicians have not recognised its importance. Vested interests and an unwillingness to rectify supply threats have led to...

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Power imports from Guangdong would unjustly short-circuit rules on fuel mix

25 May 2012

CLP's warning on substantial tariff increases has sparked criticism from several quarters.

Many people want to see Hong Kong's electricity market opened up. They argue that tariffs...

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Solar and wind power project helps drug rehabilitation centre kick its carbon habit

22 Oct 2009

CLP Power is building wind and solar power facilities on Town Island, off the southern tip of Sai Kung, to replace generators that have supplied power to a drug rehabilitation centre with 50...

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Grid will be in full operation by end of March, says chief

11 Feb 2008

Technicians repair 6,500 damaged power lines

Beijing yesterday said 35 per cent of the power lines damaged by the snowstorms remained out of service while about 10 million phone...

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Plea to cut Guangzhou power use

15 Jul 2006

The Guangzhou Power Supply Bureau has ordered consumers to cut electricity consumption in peak periods by up to 50 per cent after it was forced to switch off power supply to five districts for...

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Fixed consumer tariffs drain efficiency from troubled power industry

15 Aug 2005

China's power system is in a mess. For years the supply of electricity has lurched through a brutal feast and famine cycle. Now there is a danger the network may move from shortage to glut,...

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Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

4:18AM

Farmer gets $1.3m pylon payout

China Light and Power was yesterday ordered to pay a retired man $1.3 million for building pylons on his land.

5:29AM

Sparks fly over power

OVERESTIMATES of electricity demand mean power may not be needed through the controversial Black Point power line by the specified date of mid-1996, the Legislative Council heard yesterday.

8:21AM

Bid to change path of cables

NEW Territories villagers proposed alternative routes yesterday for the electricity lines from Black Point power station to avoid them going over their houses.

11:08PM

People power lights the way

WE should all take heart - the little people really do have power. Perhaps not enough to move mountains but then even China Light and Power (CLP) can't do that.

12:55PM

CLP land price slammed

CHINA Light and Power was granted the right yesterday to install power lines across the New Territories for its new Black Point power station, but the move was criticised because of the cheap...

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Call for study into safety of power systems

A DETAILED study should be carried out to see if power transmission systems are hazardous to health, legislators said yesterday.

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