School Involvement

We are going around the city to demonstrate the potential of renewable energy, and give you a taste of solar! (© WWF-Hong Kong)

Given our geographical position and our location in the subtropics, Hong Kong is exposed to a lot of solar radiation. WWF’s “Solarising Communities” project launched in 2016 installed on-grid solar PV systems on the rooftops of three stilt houses in Tai O, demonstrating the city’s potential to develop solar energy. The project is now being extended with a 100 per cent solar-powered mobile café that is visiting different districts around the city, offering the public a taste of solar energy.

Click here for Solar Mobile Café tour schedule

There’s more to Earth Hour than symbolically switching off the lights for one hour. Schools especially have a special role to play in spreading the message through student-led activities.

For Earth Hour 2019, WWF will help you design your very own customised Earth Hour programme that’s tailor-made for your school’s needs. WWF will support you by offering a range of activities, providing manpower and resource support.

You can select activities from three main themes: biodiversity, plastic pollution and renewable energy. From screenings of the thought-provoking documentary A Plastic Ocean, science workshops, exhibits and school bioblitz, there’s an array of activities to choose from for students to get involved and help make a difference.

So pledge now to switch off for one hour in March, AND sign up for a week-long programme to bring home the Earth Hour message!

Learn more about Hong Kong’s marine litter problem:

https://www.wwf.org.hk/en/whatwedo/oceans/tackling_marine_litter/

https://coastalwatch.hk/home-en/

Reference:

  1. Environmental Protection Department (2017). Monitoring of Solid Waste in Hong Kong – Waste Statistics for 2016, p.3
    https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/sites/default/files/msw2016.pdf
  2. Research Office, Legislative Council Secretariat (2017). Statistical Highlights – Environmental Affairs.ISSH01/17-18
    https://www.legco.gov.hk/research-publications/english/1718issh01-plastic-waste-20171031-e.pdf

Increase local renewable electricity share to 10 per cent

Currently, Hong Kong’s electricity fuel mix contains about 70 per cent of energy generated by fossil fuels, while only 0.1 per cent is generated by renewable energy. The government should set a long-term target to increase investment in renewable energy to a 10 per cent in the electricity fuel mix by 2030 to facilitate a comprehensive energy turnaround.

© WWF-Hong Kong

© WWF-Hong Kong

Floating solar PV systems on Shek Pik Reservoir demonstrates Hong Kong’s huge potential to increase local renewable energy share to 10 per cent. (© WWF-Hong Kong)

Floating solar PV systems on Shek Pik Reservoir demonstrates Hong Kong’s huge potential to increase local renewable energy share to 10 per cent. (© WWF-Hong Kong)

Our asks

WWF is committed to promote the development of renewable energy and we urge the government to:

  • set the introductory feed-in-tariff rate at HKD$4/kWh to rebate all electricity generated by small-scale domestic solar systems
  • increase the use of the local renewable electricity share to 10 per cent by 2030.

Find out why these asks are achievable.