CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION
BACKGROUND
PROJECT
The site of Castle Peak will eventually house two power stations, developed jointly by China Light & Power Co (CLP) and Eastern Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of the Exxon Corporation.
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Castle Peak 'A' (4 x 350 MW coal/oil fired.) The first unit was commissioned in February 1982 (in record time) successfully delivering power to the system only 3 years 8 months after work began. The station will be fully operational by Summer 1985. Contract value at present day prices is £300m.
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Castle Peak 'B' (4 x 660 MW coal fired). The first unit will be operational in January 1986, and the full station by 1989/90. Contract value at present day prices is £550m.
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4 Castle Peak Transmission Project
new transmission network to distribute the electricity generated to the whole of Kowloon and the New Territories. Project value is £170m.
UK CONTRACTORS
5 The main companies involved are GEC Turbine Generators (turbines), Babcock Power Ltd (boilers), L G Mouchel & Partners (civil design), British Electricity International (advisory services) and Balfour Beatty (transmission line).
are the main contractor
GEC
HMG INVOLVEMENT
6 In 1977 the Chairman of CLP, Sir Lawrence Kadoorie, approached Mr Callaghan, the the Prime Minister, with the proposition that his company, should enter into a negotiated contract with the UK for the supply of a major power station. The Department of Industry took the leading role in co-ordinating the successful presentation of a unique package of proposals from the UK.
7 Following the successful negotiations on the 'A' station, Lord Kadoorie again approached HMG concerning the Castle Peak 'B' contract and a similar
successful package was subsequently presented.
PEP
October 1982
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