This is a list of power stations in New Zealand.
The list is not exhaustive – only power stations over 0.5 MW and significant power stations below 0.5 MW are listed.
Power plants in New Zealand have different generating roles – for baseload, intermediate or peaking. Baseload generators are those that run continuously (except for maintenance), and include all geothermal and run-of-the-river hydroelectric plants, which must 'use it or lose it'. Intermediate generators are load-following power plants. Peaking power plants generate only for minutes or hours at a time, during the sharpest peaks in electricity demand. Nuclear power is not used in New Zealand.
Bioenergy
Geothermal
Hydroelectric
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Decommissioned hydroelectric
Heritage hydroelectric
Fossil-fuel thermal
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Wind
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Solar
Grid battery storage
Proposed power stations
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See also
- Energy in New Zealand
- Electricity sector in New Zealand
- List of New Zealand spans
- New Zealand electricity market
References
Further reading
- Martin, John E. (1991). People, politics and power stations : electric power generation in New Zealand, 1880-1990. ISBN 0-908912-16-1.
- "Energy in New Zealand 2015". MBIE. August 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
External links
- Identification of Potential Hydroelectric Resources - a report prepared for the Ministry of Economic Development in January 2004
