Hong Kong utility CLP – the city’s largest polluter – has fallen just short of its key carbon target.

 

Its expected carbon intensity at the end of 2010 is 0.81kg per kWh – just 1.3% shy of its target of 0.81kg/kWh.

 

Announcing new carbon and non-carbon targets, it said while it expected to miss the goal number by a few months, it should reach it in “the first quarter of 2011 after the fresh capacity comes on line.”

 

It said that since setting the goal three years ago, it had cut intensity from 0.84kg/kWh to 0.81kg while commissioning an extra 1,200MW of non-carbon infrastructure.

 

The power generation and distribution has now cut its 2020 intensity target from 0.7kg to 0.6kg.

 

CLP also has set a new goal of generating 20% of its power by renewable energy by 2020 – its first such target.

 

The goals apply to CLP’s power businesses in mainland China and India as well as in its home market.

 

As of 30 June, 2010, CLP's non-carbon-emitting sources, including renewable energy and nuclear, had grown more than over 90% from its 2007 levels to 2,000 MW.

 

The company is the largest wind energy investor in India and one of the largest external renewables investors in China.

 

The company said it would review its targets for 2020 by 2013.