China News Service, April 22. According to Hong Kong Wenhui.com, the Hong Kong SAR government announced the "Hong Kong Climate Action Blueprint 2050" in October last year. The Secretary for the Environment, Huang Jinxing, published a blog on the 22nd, referring to the SAR government actively taking the lead in promoting cross-departmental synergy. One of the major breakthroughs in the development of renewable energy is the implementation of the "feed-in tariff" policy, which supports the private sector to actively invest in projects such as solar power generation, and encourages the development of distributed renewable energy power generation by making good use of their respective spaces.
Huang Jinxing pointed out that the Environment Bureau has received more than 20,000 applications so far, and it is estimated that after successive installations, nearly 300 million kWh of renewable energy can be produced each year, enough to meet the electricity demand of 90,000 households (roughly equivalent to the total number of households in the Central and Western District).
Huang Jinxing also pointed out that the current purchase price of renewable energy is from 3 yuan to 5 yuan per kilowatt-hour, which is higher than the price in other cities, mainly because the policy is in the initial stage, hoping to make the payback period of installing solar power modules relatively high and attractive. force to promote private investment in renewable energy power generation.
However, as industries and technologies around the world mature, local pricing levels will also be lowered in a timely manner to balance social interests. The Environment Bureau will also announce the price review arrangements as soon as possible.
Huang Jinxing said that in addition to the need to invest in the society to gradually achieve "net-zero power generation" from the power source, citizens must also strengthen energy conservation on a daily basis to achieve effective carbon reduction and save money. big challenge.