New Zealand:

Geothermal Trailblazer Humbled (Stuff.co.nz)

"The geothermal renaissance that's occurred over the last decade . . . is the No 1 thing that has made a dramatic change to the energy footprint in New Zealand, and put it back on a track to a higher proportion of renewable energy."

Dr Doug Heffernan (Courtesy Stuff.co.nz)

Former Mighty River Power chief executive Dr Doug Heffernan provided power to the people. In return he has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for more than 40 years' service in the electricity industry.

Heffernan was chosen to help restructure the New Zealand Electricity Department into the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand.

Appointed chief executive of Waitemata Electric Power Board in 1991, he then spent six years as chief executive of Power New Zealand, leading it through corporatization, merger and NZX listing.

As chief executive of Mighty River Power (MRP) from 1998 to 2014, he led the company through a period of sustained growth and evolution from a hydro-only operator to a diversified electricity generator and retailer with a significant geothermal business.

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