New Zealand: 25 MW Extension of Ngawha Geothermal Power Plant to Go Ahead

Final go-ahead for expanded power station at Ngawha (New Zealand Herald)

Plans to triple the output of Ngawha power station and make the Far North an energy exporter have crossed another hurdle with the granting of final resource consents.

Lines company Top Energy currently operates two geothermal power stations at Ngawha, just east of Kaikohe, totalling 25 megawatts (MW).

The company wants to build another 25 MW station by 2020 and, geothermal field performance and market conditions allowing, one more by 2026. That would make a total output of 75 MW, more than the Far North's peak demand of 70 MW on cold winter evenings.

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