There is a notice on the board between the Rural Committee and the little police station on Main Street from the Engineering Department. It states that they will be doing seabed research on a proposed Wind Farm off the coast of Lama. From the schematic, there will be 35 windmills pumping away not far off our coast. Anyone else see this?

Seabed investigations still ongoing?
I thought that it had been completed a few months back.
The windfarm will be 3.5km SW of South Lamma.
I might follow up with HK Electric on the latest revised schedules.
There's a lot of info on this project over the last several years in this forum.

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New story from the Hellenic Shipping News

Temporary Wind Monitoring Station
May 26, 2015, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

A temporary wind monitoring station which has been established southwest of Lamma Island for collecting wind data will continue to operate for a period of approximately one year.

The particulars of the station and its aids to navigation are as follows:

THE STATION

Position (WGS 84 Datum): 22 DEG. 09.197’N / 114 DEG. 05.973’E
Elevation of the main platform: 11 metres above mean sea level
Supporting Trunk: Yellow
Meteorological Mast: Orange and white stripes

AIDS TO NAVIGATION OF THE STATION

Light: Mo (U) 15s 13M
Foghorn: Mo (U) 15s
Radar Reflector: Fitted

Vessels navigating in the vicinity should proceed with caution and give a wide berth.
(For information about operations in Hong Kong contact GAC Hong Kong at shipping.hongkong@gac.com)

Source: Government of Hong Kong SAR Marine Department Notice No.74 of 2015

I've got closeup pictures, if somebody's interested.

If this wind farm of 35 (?) huge (3 times more capacity than Lamma Winds) wind turbines will ever be built is still up in the air, so to speak. It partially depends on the outcome of the Govt.'s energy future plans being discussed in public this year.

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