The hospital administration started up the plan for the landfill gas usage.
This institution was the first one that converted to the alternative energy sources. The project costs amount to 13 mln Hong Kong dollars including the developing equipment installation in future. The estimated start up is planned for July 2017.
The experimental generator will combine the heating power and the electrical power generated systems. The main difference between the traditional generated system that converts only 40% of its total power into energy and the new cogeneration system is that it uses additional 40% for heating energy generation and only 20% for overheads. Besides the generator unit has two working modes in case of emergency. If there is a problem with gas supply it will switch to the electric power mode. The methane produced in Ta Ku Lin landfill to the north west of the New Territories would be the less expensive alternative fuel.
Yuen Pak-Leng the hospital chief engineer announced this new energy supply system would save about 2 mln Hong Kong dollars annually which us 7% of all energy power supply costs. This technology implementation will also reduce the carbon emissions to the environment in 12%.
This program will be revised in order to get the improvements two years later after the start up of the equipment.
