Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Date closed / demolished
Construction of the Tsing Yi Power Plant started in 1966, the first turbine was commissioned in April 1969. It was oil fired, a tank farm was built next to it. From 1968 onwards, five chimneys were set up. During the 1970's and 1970's, the plant (together with the Hok Yuen Plant) produced electricity for Kowloon and the New Territories, sometimes for Mainland China.
Due to the construction of the Castle Peak coal-fired plant Tsing Yi gradually faded out with production in the 1990's and was finally demolished in 1998. The five chimneys were blasted and fell on November 15th, 1998.
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Comments
Remark on industrialhistoryhk.org
Remark from the article: Tsing Yi Power Station – 1966 construction to 1998 demolition
IDJ: For anyone looking towards the west from around 1966 onwards, the Tsing Yi Power Station site was an increasingly prominent feature of the harbor view. As the five tall concrete chimneys were built progressively from 1968 onwards, no one could fail to see them against the backdrop of the hills on the island.
Does anyone else remember this?