据路透社2月25日新加坡报道，香港公共事业中电集团首席执行官周一表示，公司计划在2019年底开始建造香港首个海上液化天然气（LNG）接收站。

中电首席执行官理查德·开斯特在媒体吹风会上表示：“我们仍在争取一些最终的许可和批准，但与此同时，我们正在继续设计工作，并为授予合同方面做好准备。”

虽然最终投资决定尚未作出，但该终端在去年10月份获得了环境许可证。

香港的目标是到2020年将天然气的使用量从2012年的22%增加到约50%，这是香港从煤炭发电转向天然气发电的一部分。

中电在九龙、新界及大部分离岛供电的发电厂有3座，而香港电灯公司则经营南丫岛发电厂，为香港岛及南丫岛供电。

詹晓晶    摘自   路透社

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Hong Kong's CLP aims to start building LNG terminal at year-end

CLP Power aims to start building Hong Kong’s first offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal at the end of 2019, the utility group’s chief executive said on Monday.

“We are still working on some final permits and approvals, but in the meantime we are getting on with the design works and gearing up for the awarding contract aspects,” CLP chief executive Richard Lancaster told a media briefing.

The terminal gained an environmental permit in October, although a final investment decision has not been taken.

Hong Kong is aiming to increase the use of natural gas to about 50 percent by 2020, from 22 percent as of 2012, as part of a shift in its electric power generation from coal.

CLP operates three power stations that supply electricity to Kowloon, the New Territories and most of the outlying islands, while Hong Kong Electric operates the Lamma Power Station that supplies electricity to Hong Kong and Lamma Island.