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AIR POLLUTION CONTROL STRATEGIES
Air Quality Objectives
Mobile Pollution Sources
Stationary Pollution Sources
Regional Smog Problem
Co-operation between Guangdong and Hong Kong
Enhanced Air Pollution Control Measures in Hong Kong
Emissions Reduction by Guangdong
Emissions Reduction By Guangdong
The emissions reduction policy of Guangdong Province focuses on power plants, vehicles and the most polluting industrial processes. Measures taken include the following:
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to promote clean energy production and supply systems, construct gas-fired power plants and provide for the transmission of electricity from the western provinces; |
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to restrict the use of high sulphur fuels, close down small power generation units and retrofit such units with flue gas desulphurization systems to reduce emissions from power generation; |
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to phase out coal-fired boilers, industrial boilers and industrial technologies and equipment with inefficient energy consumption and causing serious pollution; |
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to reduce VOC emissions from paints; and |
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to build metro expressway systems, develop green transport and reduce vehicle emissions to control pollution caused by the exhaust of motor vehicles. |
Guangdong authorities have plans to pursue the following emissions reduction measures:
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install flue gas desulphurization (FGD) systems were installed in Shenzhen Xibu Power Plant (Units 5 and 6), Dongguan Shajiao Power Plant A (Unit 5) and Taishan Power Plant (Units 1 and 2) by the end of 2004; |
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FGD retrofitting works for Shenzhen Mawan Power Plant, three power plants in Shajiao of Dongguan, Guangzhou Huangpu Power Plant, Zhujiang Power Plant and Zhuhai Power Plant have also commenced and are expected to complete in 2005-06; |
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preparation for FGD retrofitting other power plants in the region is also underway. The target is to retrofit all power generation units of a capacity above 125MW by 2007. The relevant projects will involve power generation units with a total capacity of 11,290 MW and can reduce emission of SO2 by 225,000 tonnes each year; |
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four Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) power plants are being constructed and are expected to be commissioned by 2006; and |
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paints using VOC such as xylene as solvents are being replaced. |
We are also exploring with the Guangdong Environmental Protection Bureau ways to set up an emissions trading pilot scheme covering power plants in Hong Kong and Guangdong. The scheme has already obtained the endorsement of the Central People's Government and the State Environmental Protection Administration.
Way Forward
Although the HKSARG has made headway in reducing local vehicle emissions and the SAR and Guangdong have also made some progress in implementing the Management Plan, the air quality of the PRD Region will only improve significantly when all the control measures are fully implemented.
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