Te Mihi Power Station

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station_name= Te Mihi


location= New Zealand
owner= Contact Energy
status= proposed
fuel_type= Geothermal
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The Te Mihi Power Station is a 220 MW geothermal power station planned by Contact Energy north of Taupo in New Zealand.

The resource consent for the power station was "called in" by the Minister for the Environment Trevor Mallard under the terms of the Resource Management Act. The appointed Board of Enquiry granted the consent with a set of stipulated conditions. [cite web|url=http://www.mfe.govt.nz/rma/call-in-temihi/board-of-inquiry/index.html|title=Board of Inquiry for the Te Mihi Geothermal Power Station Proposal|date=2008-09-13|publisher=Ministry for the Environment|accessdate=2008-09-13]

Te Mihi Power Station will use geothermal energy from the Wairakei geothermal field, which lies in the Taupo Volcanic Zone. It is due to begin operation in 2011 and is planned to gradually replace the Wairakei Power Station which will be phased out of production.

ee also

*Geothermal power in New Zealand

References

External links

* [http://www.contactenergy.co.nz/web/view?page=/contentiw/pages/ourprojects/temihi&vert=pr Contact Energy] - Te Mihi Power Station