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Wairakei geothermal power plant
39th-largest power plant in New Zealand of 98 · top 61% worldwide (#18,020 of 29,849)
- Operator
- Contact Energy
- Owner
- Contact Energy Ltd
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 192 MW
- Fuel
- geothermal
- Commissioned
- 1958
Comparable power plants · New Zealand · 98 ranked
- #1South Taranaki Bight (Taranaki Offshore Partners) offshore wind farm2.0 GW · wind
- #37Manawatu (Genesis Energy) solar farm200 MW · solar
- #38Swannanoa solar farm200 MW · solar
- #39Wairakei geothermal power plant192 MW · geothermal
- #40Black Point (New Zealand) solar farm182 MW · solar
- #41Foxton (SolarGen) solar farm180 MW · solar
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Te Mihi 2 geothermal power plant5.2 km · Power Plant · 101 MW · geothermal
- Te Mihi 3 geothermal power plant5.7 km · Power Plant · 101 MW · geothermal
- Te Mihi geothermal power plant6.0 km · Power Plant · 166 MW · geothermal
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)