Study Tour
to Guangdong
Supported by EG Division
9 – 11 November 2017
Please note that the Study
Tour to Guangdong will be held from 9 to 11 November 2017 at Guangdong, Mainland China.
Registration
is required. The number of participants is limited to 10. Applications will be
accepted on a first-come first-served basis. For details, registration fee,
registration form and payment method, please click here.
The deadline for registration is 17
October 2017. Successful applicants will be notified
separately. For enquiries, please contact Ms April LI at Tel: 2967 8855 or via
Email: aprilagc@gmail.com.
Report (By Andy Bell and Ir
Steven Chan)
A technical study tour to Guangdong was jointly organized by the Gas
and Energy Division and the Energy Institute Hong Kong Branch from 10-11
November 2017 with 20 participants.
The first visit was made to Foshan Gaoming Municipal Waste Sanitary
Landfill which is the first cross-district large scale municipal solid waste
sanitary landfill in Guangdong. Thanks to an excellent presentation by the site
manager of the operator Veolia Environmental Services followed by an extensive
site tour. Members were able to understand at first-hand how the modern design and
operating requirements had been put into effect including management of potential
contamination on the odor-free site. Members
also viewed Veolia’s Medical Waste Treatment plant which is designed to process
15 tonnes of waste per day and is reported to be one of the most advanced medical
waste treatment plants in China.
On the second day, the group visited Guangzhou
Pumped Storage Power Station located in a beautiful rural area in Chonghua Country,
Guangzhou which was completed in year 2000.
At that time, it was the largest pumped storage system in the world with
an installed capacity of 2400MW. The power station, which is in daily operation
providing Peak Load Regulation, is reached by a two hour drive from Guangzhou
through farmland and increasingly beautiful hilly scenery. CLP/GPSPS staff briefed members on the operation
of the plant which serves both CLP in Hong Kong and the South China Grid. Members then inspected the lower lake which
can store 23.4 million cubic
water. The visit was ended with an appreciation of the tranquil upper lake
having passed the hydropower station partway up the hillside between the two
lakes. The study tour was very informative, inspiring and interesting. We would
like to thank Veolia and CLP for arranging the said successful visits.
