Rotokawa Power Station
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| Rotokawa Power Station | |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Location | Waikato |
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| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1997, 2002 |
| Owner | Mercury Energy |
| Power generation | |
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| Nameplate capacity | 34 MW |
The Rotokawa Power Station is a geothermal power station owned and operated by Mercury Energy. It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) north east of Taupō in New Zealand. The station uses a binary cycle manufactured by Ormat Industries.
In May 2008, work began on the nearby Nga Awa Purua Power Station.[1]
Environmental aspects
[edit | edit source]Due to the high temperatures associated with the geothermal vent here, this locale is an occurrence of extremophile micro-organisms that can thrive on the high vent water temperature.[2]
See also
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ C.Michael Hogan. 2010. Extremophile. eds. E.Monosson and C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington DC
