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Ohau A hydroelectric plant
25th-largest power plant in New Zealand of 98 · top 46% worldwide (#13,676 of 29,849)
- Owner
- Meridian Energy
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 264 MW
- Fuel
- hydro
- Commissioned
- 1979
Comparable power plants · New Zealand · 98 ranked
- #1South Taranaki Bight (Taranaki Offshore Partners) offshore wind farm2.0 GW · wind
- #23Southland wind farm300 MW · wind
- #24Ohau A solar farm278 MW · solar
- #25Ohau A hydroelectric plant264 MW · hydro
- #26Huriwaka wind farm250 MW · wind
- #27Huntly power station250 MW · coal
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Nearest substation
- Benmore static inverter station
- Its voltage
- 350 kV
- Distance
- 36 km
- Strongest line nearby
- 350 kV HVDC
- Line operator
- Transpower New Zealand
- Substations in range
- 1
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Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Ohau B hydroelectric plant7.4 km · Power Plant · 212 MW · hydro
- Ohau A solar farm11 km · Power Plant · 278 MW · solar
- Ohau C hydroelectric plant15 km · Power Plant · 212 MW · hydro
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)