Geothermal is related to energy and may refer to:* Geothermal , heat that comes from within the Earth... power station owned and operated by Contact Energy
Contact Energy
Contact Energy is a New Zealand energy company, involved in electricity generation, electricity retailing, natural gas sales and LPG sales.The company generates 27% of the country's electricity and has the largest market share of the electricity retailers.... . It is located adjacent to the Ohaaki Marae (Ngati Tahu
Ngati Tahu
Ngati Tahu is a Maori iwi of New Zealand.See also*List of Maori iwi... ) on the banks of the Waikato River
Waikato River
The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand. In the North Island, it runs for 425 kilometres from the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and emptying into Lake Taupo, New Zealand's largest lake.... in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands.... .
A distinctive feature of this power station is the 105 m high natural draft Cooling tower
Cooling tower
Cooling towers are heat removal devices used to transfer process waste heat to the atmosphere. Cooling towers may either use the evaporation of water to remove process heat and cool the working fluid to near the Wet-bulb temperature or rely solely on air to cool the working fluid to near the Dry-bulb temperature.... .
Although initially constructed to generate 104 MW, decline in the steamfield has meant maximum net capacity is about 40 MW with an annual output of around 400 GWh pa.
