in tsim sha tsui hong kong traditional chinese ... . transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin zh ngdi n j tu n yue cantonese jyutping zong1 din6 zaap6 tyun4 china light and power co. ltd. traditional chinese transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin zh nghu di nl y uxi n g ngs yue cantonese jyutping zong1 waa4 din6 lik6 jau5 haan6 gong1 si1 the clp group chinese and its holding company clp holdings ltd sehk 0002 chinese is a hong kong electric company that has businesses in a number of asian markets and australia . it is one of the two main electric power generation companies in hong kong . the other is hongkong electric company . incorporated in 1901 as china light & power company syndicate 1 its core business remains the generation transmission and retailing of electricity . 2 contents 1 history 2 index constituent 3 markets outside hong kong 4 csr 5 power stations 5.1 hong kong 5.2 mainland china 5.3 india 5.4 australia 5.5 southeast asia and taiwan 6 references 7 external links history edit clp group headquarters in hong kong 2007 . the group s first power station on chatham road hung hong in hong kong picture taken between 1903 and 1908 . the company was founded in hong kong in 1901 as china light & power company syndicate 1 with capital provided by shewan tomes and company and the kadoorie family . 3 in 1903 the company s first power station with a generating capacity of 75 kw was commissioned in hung hom at the junction of present day chatham road and princess margaret road . 4 5 by 1919 the company was supplying electricity for street lights in kowloon . 1 the kadoorie family joined the clp board of directors in 1930 3 and retains control of the company as of 2013 . 6 in 1983 the company established a joint venture with guangdong nuclear power for the construction and operation of the daya bay nuclear power plant . 7 on 6 january 1998 clp holdings limited replaced china light & power company limited as the new holding company listed on the stock exchange of hong kong . 8 index constituent edit as of 2013 clp group is a component of the global dow a 150 stock index of the world s leading blue chips . 9 the company has been a constituent of the dow jones sustainability index the dow jones sustainability asia pacific index djsi asia pacific and or the dow jones sustainability asia pacific 40 index djsi asia pacific 40 . 10 since 2010 clp has also been listed on the hang seng corporate sustainability index and hang seng mainland and hk corporate sustainability index . 11 markets outside hong kong edit in recent years clp has sought to expand outside of its native hong kong accomplishing this through mergers and acquisitions . markets outside hong kong it has entered include australia 8 india 8 mainland china 12 southeast asia and taiwan . 12 its first market outside hong kong was mainland china . by connecting its power stations in hong kong to the chinese mainland grid citation needed clp began supplying power in 1979 . 13 the 1990s saw the start of expansionary m & a activity with clp acquiring nearly a half dozen companies between 1996 and 2005 . in 1996 the company purchased taiwan cement corporation ; 12 in 1998 part ownership of thai electricity generating public co ltd ; 8 and in 2001 australian yallourn energy . 8 it expanded operations in australia to include retailing when it brought txu merchant energy in 2005 . 10 and in 2002 clp acquired an indian company gujarat paguthan energy corporation private limited . 8 csr edit since 2002 the company has published yearly reports on the environmental and social impact it has made . 14 power stations edit clp has a number of power stations in asia . while most are either coal fired or fossil fuel power stations citation needed the company also generates electricity using nuclear 12 solar energy and wind power . 15 hong kong edit hong kong sites include black point power station 12 castle peak power station 13 and penny s bay power station . 12 mainland china edit clp has two power stations in guangdong province daya bay nuclear power plant and guangzhou pumped storage power station in conghua guangzhou . 12 it also operates a guangxi province plant fangchenggang power station . 10 india edit clp power stations in india include gas powered gujarat paguthan energy corporation s former station paguthan combined cycle power plant 15 and a coal fired power station mahatma gandhi super thermal power project at jhajjar haryana that was commissioned in 2012 . 15 the company also has a number of wind power sites in the country . 15 it has now signed up for its very first solar project veltoor at telangana australia edit energyaustralia is a wholly owned subsidiary of clp and is one of australia s largest integrated energy businesses . as of 2013 energyaustralia generates electricity from coal gas and renewable energy sources and retails electricity and gas of 5 662mw to over 2.8 million residential and business users across victoria south australia new south wales the act and queensland . citation needed southeast asia and taiwan edit clp established its presence in southeast asia and taiwan in the early 1990s . 12 since then they have built a portfolio of quality assets in the region . following the divestment of interest in egco 8 in thailand in early 2011 their investments currently consist of the ho ping coal fired project in taiwan and the lopburi solar farm in thailand . citation needed they are also co developing two coal fired projects in vietnam . citation needed references edit a b c our history 1901 1939 ; the beginning clp official website our operations assets and services clp official website a b the matrix of entrepreneurship a cross cultural analysis of a group of baghdadi indian jews in the intersection of shanghai hong kong draft only please do not cite kwok siu tong history department the chinese university of hong kong china light & power co. ltd. 1901 1918 . sir lawrence kadoorie s address to the staff on 8th march 1977 at the peninsula hotel rise of electricity and the community 1901 1945 . clp . goug neil 16 december 2010 . moody s reviews clp rating over new debt to fund big nsw deal . south china morning post . hong kong . pp . business pg . 2 . access date requires url help ashoka mody infrastructure strategies in east asia the untold story world bank p64 a b c d e f g our history 1997 2000 ; regional expansion clp official website the global dow . components . mcgraw hill . retrieved 11 january 2013 . a b c our history 2003 today ; climate action clp official website for 2010 as first year so recognized see 2010 today powering asia responsibly . our history . clp official website . retrieved 11 january 2013 . for current status see constituents . hang seng corporate sustainability index series . hang seng bank . retrieved 11 january 2013 . a b c d e f g h our history 1986 1996 ; new frontiers clp official site a b our history 1970 1985 ; chinese vision clp official website publications clp official website a b c d china light and power plans big for india business standard.com 6 december 2010 0 15 ist external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to clp group . clp group official website clp group s educational website poweru v t e hang seng index companies of hong kong finance hsbc holdings hang seng bank bank of east asia hkex china construction bank aia industrial and commercial bank of china ping an insurance boc hong kong holdings china life insurance company bank of communications bank of china utilities clp holdings hong kong and china gas power assets holdings china resources power property henderson land development sun hung kai properties new world development sino land hang lung properties china overseas the link reit china resources land ck property commercial and industrial ckh holdings wharf holdings hutchison whampoa swire pacific mtr corporation kunlun energy china merchants want want china citic limited china resources cathay pacific tingyi esprit holdings sinopec li & fung tencent holdings china unicom cnooc limited petrochina china mobile hengan china shenhua belle galaxy entertainment sands china lenovo mengniu v t e s & p asia 50 companies aia group boc hong kong holdings cathay financial holding china construction bank china life insurance china mobile china petroleum & chemical china steel chunghwa telecom ck hutchison holdings clp holdings cnooc limited ctbc financial holding dbs group delta electronics formosa chem & fibre formosa plastics fubon financial holding galaxy entertainment group hang seng bank hon hai precision industry hong kong and china gas hong kong exchanges and clearing hyundai heavy industries hyundai mobis hyundai motor industrial and commercial bank of china jardine matheson kb financial group keppel kia motors kt & g lg chem li & fung lippo group mediatek nan ya plastics oversea chinese banking corporation petrochina ping an insurance posco power assets holdings samsung electronics sands china shinhan financial group singapore telecommunications sun hung kai properties taiwan semiconductor manufacturing united overseas bank want want china holdings retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clp group & oldid 742945907 categories hang seng index constituent stockspower companies of hong kongmultinational companies headquartered in hong kongcompanies listed on the hong kong stock exchangewarrants issued in hong kong stock exchangecompanies established in 1901hidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlengvarb from july 2014use dmy dates from july 2014articles containing traditional chinese language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2011articles with unsourced statements from april 2016commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutsch fran ais simple english edit links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 20 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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