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ManapÅuri Power Station is an underground hydroelectric power station on the western arm of Lake Manapouri in Fiordland National Park, in the South Island of New Zealand. At 854 MW installed capacity (although limited to 800 MW due to resource consent limits [ 3 ] ), it is the largest hydroelectric power station in New Zealand, and the second ...
The Manapouri Hydroelectric Power Station is located on the West Arm of Lake Manapouri, with most of the electricity generated serving the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter (which is announced to close at the end of 2024). [4] Workers at the power plant are ferried by boat from Manapouri, as there is no road access to the power station.
The Save Manapouri Campaign was launched at a public meeting at Invercargill in October 1969. [2] It later came to manifest the international awareness of the environment that came with the prosperity of the 1960s. "At its simplest, the issue was about whether Lake Manapouri should be raised by as much as 30 metres.
Manapouri Power Station is a single underground power station in Fiordland, and the largest hydroelectric station in the country. It has a maximum generating capacity of 730 MW and produces 4800 GW⋅h annually, mainly for the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Invercargill. Both Waitaki and Manapouri are operated by Meridian Energy.
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.
The Save Manapouri Campaign was a success and the power station was built without raising the level of the lake outside of its natural range. The highly endangered black stilt , which nests on the braided rivers beds of the South Island, is threatened by changes in river flows as a result of new hydro dams and changes in flow regimes for ...
The Guardians of Lake Manapouri, Monowai and Te Anau is a statutory body appointed to make recommendations to the New Zealand Minister of Conservation on any matters arising from the environmental, ecological, and social effects of the operation of the Manapouri Power Station on the townships of Manapouri and Te Anau, Lake Manapouri and Lake Te ...
Lake Manapouri was formed by glaciers during the last Holocene. [6] The lake is New Zealand’s second deepest lake measuring 444 metres (1,457 ft) deep. [3] [7] Lake Manapouri is 178 metres (584 ft) above sea level however due to glaciers, Lake Manapouri has been cut deep into the ground and the bottom of the lake now lies 267 metres (876 ft) below sea level. [3]