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Sai Kung Man Yee Rd, Sai Kung, N. T
2022-11-17
The rooftop of Block 2, 3, 8, 9, 10
~ 624 m2 (6910.4 sq. ft.)
Sloping roof
312 pcs
Monocrystalline silicon
168.48 kWp
150,800 kWh (Sufficient to supply power for 377 households each month)
The Hong Kong Adventure Corps is a voluntary uniformed organisation of youngsters founded on 4 September 1995 and registered as a charity body. It was formerly the Junior Leaders Corps of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (the Volunteers).
In the late 60’s the Hong Kong Government and the general public felt the need to train future Hong Kong leaders. The RHKR(V) was thereupon allowed and granted funding to establish the Junior Leaders Corps, which was founded in 1969, with the objective of providing a training environment to young men aged between 14 and 17 for their developing personality, leadership and devotion to public service.
In 1997 the Amalgamation occurred, before which our RHKR(V) had to disband when the Junior Leaders Corps could no longer operate. Undoubtedly training given to Corps members was worth maintaining, with brilliant instructors and strict discipline that was precious to trainees under challenging drills. In December 1992 the then Home Affairs Bureau (Policy Department) permitted the Hong Kong Adventure Corps to be established on the basis of an independent charity organisation instead of the former government subsidiary status.
The HKAC was recognised as a charity organisation in February 1995. The Junior Leaders Corps was disbanded on 3 September 1995 and officially replaced by the HKAC the next day.
The Hong Kong Adventure Corps aims to become an excellent and widely recognized uniformed youth group – providing high-quality discipline and leadership training of adventurous nature to young people. Their mission is to help young people to develop their character and leadership skills through tough and challenging training with a distinctive military flavour which promotes qualities of responsibility, self-confidence, resourcefulness, endurance, perseverance and a sense of serving the community.
In September 1995 the HKAC began using the High Island Training Camp as the training base, where the first batch was trained in December 1995. The 1.24 hectares High Island Training Camp sits adjacent to the High Island Reservoir, which was a training facility owned by British Army. The camp is equipped with rock climbing/abseiling facilities, an obstacle course, a parade ground and canteen, etc.
312 solar panels were installed on the rooftop of 5 buildings, with a system capacity of 168.48 kWp. Its power generation in the first year is estimated to be around 150,800 kWh.
Information Source: Hong Kong Adventure Corps
The solar panels were installed on the rooftop of five buildings. Since the buildings have only one storey, with sloping rooftops, it is easy for people to observe. There is a hillside in the camp, which allows people to observe the solar panels from above.
The solar panels on several rooftops could be seen from the top of the hillside.
The weather station collects irradiance and ambient temperature data, which allows engineers to examine the performance of the system from the detected data, which could be used to optimise the energy efficiency of the system.
The camp has features such as military training and adventure facilities, old tanks and old boat anchor, which make it fun to visit.
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