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English: A geothermal drilling rig near Lake Taupo, New Zealand. The region has a long history of geothermal power plants going back almost half a century, and a number of new wells are now being dug for large new generation facilities.
Craters of the Moon Thermal Area (or Karapiti in Māori language) is a region with geothermal activity north of Taupō, New Zealand.It is a part of Wairakei, the largest geothermal field in New Zealand, with a surface area of about 25 km 2, which lies in the Taupō Volcanic Zone.
The Poihipi Power Station is a geothermal power station owned and operated by Contact Energy. It is located on Poihipi Road near Taupō in New Zealand. The plant produces around 350 GWh pa, utilising geothermal steam from the Wairakei field, and is operated as part of the Wairakei geothermal system. [1] Electricity Generation at Poihipi, New ...
Also at Orakei Korako is the Ruatapu Cave, one of only two caves in the world known to exist in a geothermal field. The cave extends 45 metres, with a vertical drop of 23 metres, to a shallow pool of clear, sulfate-rich, warm acid water. [7] (The pool's chemical composition gives it the unique ability to clean jewellery.)
The power station is situated within the Kawerau geothermal field, which is part of the Taupo Volcanic Zone. Completed in July 2008 by Mighty River Power at a cost of NZ$300 million, the plant's capacity proved greater than expected. [1] The station is the largest single-generator geothermal plant in New Zealand. [2]
There are numerous volcanic vents and geothermal fields in the zone, with Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe and Whakaari / White Island erupting most frequently. Whakaari has been in continuous activity since 1826 if you count such as steaming fumaroles, but the same applies to say the Okataina volcanic centre . [ 1 ]
The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department got $5 million total to create a geothermal projects development fund and geothermal projects revolving loan fund — $2.5 million ...
Detailed mapping, supplemented by deep ground trenching, of a portion of the southern Taupō Fault Belt prior to construction of a geothermal power station not only showed how inaccurate the inferred active fault tracings in this area are, with under counting potential active fault strands by a factor of perhaps two, it also caused the ...