Letters | Nuclear energy must be a big part of Hong Kong’s carbon reduction plan
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First, our government would love more government-business cooperation. It is an open invitation to yet more “advisory committees”, “consultative groups”, “dialogue” and “ongoing discussions”, which are always “win-win”. These may achieve results in Sweden, but here in Hong Kong they’re just a way to kick that proverbial can down the road.
Second, on the suggestion to “revisit the energy mix”, your correspondents fail to mention that in Sweden nuclear energy comprises about 30 per cent of the energy mix as is the case in Hong Kong. Wind and solar are all very well, but cannot dominate Hong Kong’s electricity supply because we simply don’t have the space.
Surely we ought to be looking at replicating the magnificent Daya Bay nuclear power station close by on the mainland or consider small modular reactors right here in Hong Kong. If we think we have land for solar and wind, we most assuredly have land for nuclear.