List of power stations in New Zealand

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

External links

• Identification of Potential Hydroelectric Resources - a report prepared for the Ministry of Economic Development in January 2004