Steam that drives turbine generators rises from one of the geothermal power plants that produce more than 17 percent of the electrical energy in New Zealand. That nation is located between two tectonic plates that bring heat from the Earth's hot mantle closer to the surface and create a geothermal fluid that is pumped up to the generation stations to create the energy. Established in 1958 in the Wairakei steam field north of Taupo on the North Island, this was the earliest geothermal power plant in New Zealand and once the country's largest generator of electricity.
Steam that drives turbine generators rises from one of the geothermal power plants that produce more than 17 percent of the electrical energy in New Zealand. That nation is located between two tectonic plates that bring heat from the Earth's hot mantle closer to the surface and create a geothermal fluid that is pumped up to the generation stations to create the energy. This was the earliest geothermal power plant, established in 1958 in the Wairakei steam field north of Taupo on the North Island. Once the largest geothermal generator of electricity in New Zealand, it was recently replaced by the Te Mihi power station.
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Location: Wairakei steam field, north of Taupo, North Island, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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