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Hydroelectric power in New Zealand has been a part of the country's energy system for over 100 years and continues to provide more than half of the country's electricity needs. Hydroelectricity is the primary source of renewable energy in New Zealand. Power is generated the most in the South Island and is used most in the North Island. [1]
Hydroelectric power stations generate most of New Zealand's electricity, with 24,066 GW⋅h generated by hydroelectricity in 2020 – 56% of New Zealand's electricity generated that year. The total hydroelectricity installed capacity is 5,434 MW as at the end of 2020.
New Zealand's major transmission network. Generation and load centres are shown as blue and red circles respectively. The major AC transmission corridors are shown as black lines, with the HVDC Inter-Island as a dashed line. The National Grid is the nationwide system of electric power transmission in New Zealand.
Motu Move is a contactless fare payment system in development as the National Ticketing Solution (NTS) for New Zealand.Contracted to the American company Cubic Transportation Systems, it is expected to be piloted on Route 29 in Christchurch with adult non-concession fares on 8 December 2024 before beginning initial rollout in Timaru and Temuka in early 2025 with the full range of payment ...
The Aviemore Dam is a dam on the Waitaki River in New Zealand. The dam is a composite dam, with an embankment section, and a concrete section. Built in the 1960s (and completed in 1968) [1] it impounds Lake Aviemore. Aviemore Dam is owned and operated by Meridian Energy, and its primary purpose is to power a hydroelectric power plant. [2]
The Motukawa Power Station is a hydroelectric power facility in Taranaki in New Zealand which makes use of water from the Manganui River.Water is drawn from behind a weir on the Manganui River near Tariki and diverts this water through a race to Lake Ratapiko and then through penstocks to the Motukawa Power Station.
New Zealand Energy is a New Zealand electricity generation energy retailer company, servicing the Nelson and Tasman Regions of the country. [1]The company is based in Motueka, and generates their renewable hydro and solar electricity locally within the Nelson and Tasman Regions by operating small hydroelectric power stations in Haast, Fox, Ĺpunake and Raetihi.
The dam, designed by Gibb and Partners, was the last major project in New Zealand to be designed in imperial units. [13]: 371 It is New Zealand's highest gravity arch dam in both altitude and physical height. [13]: 371 Filled in 1979 it is 325 metres (1,066 ft) long and 68 metres (223 ft) high.