Maraetai Power Station

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Maraetai Power Station is a major hydroelectric power station on New Zealand’s Waikato River that forms part of the country’s largest river-based generation system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station
basinCountry New Zealand
commissioned 1953
commissionedUnit Maraetai I
Maraetai I
surface form: Maraetai II
constructionStartDate 1946
contributesTo New Zealand renewable electricity supply
country New Zealand
formsPartOfCascadeWith Arapuni Power Station
Atiamuri Power Station
Karapiro Power Station
Ohakuri Power Station
Tokaanu Power Station
Waipapa Power Station
Whakamaru Power Station
fuelType water
generationType run-of-river with storage
gridCode New Zealand Electricity Market (NZEM)
gridConnection Transpower New Zealand grid
hasDam Maraetai Dam
hasLanguageOfName Te Reo Māori
surface form: Māori
hasOperatorType state-originated corporate operator
hasReservoir Maraetai Reservoir
hasSpillway Maraetai Dam spillway
hasTypeOfDam concrete gravity dam
hasUnit Maraetai I
Maraetai I
surface form: Maraetai II
installedCapacity 360 MW
isMajorStationIn Waikato hydro scheme
surface form: Waikato River power scheme
locatedInRegion Waikato NERFINISHED
locatedNear Mangakino
locatedOnIsland North Island
locatedOnRiver Waikato River NERFINISHED
MaraetaiIICommissioned 1970
numberOfTurbines 10
operatedBy Mercury NZ Limited
ownedBy Mercury NZ Limited
partOf New Zealand electricity grid
surface form: New Zealand national electricity grid

Waikato hydro scheme
surface form: Waikato River hydroelectric system
primaryEnergySource hydropower
purpose electricity generation
regulatesFlowOf Waikato River NERFINISHED
sector electricity generation sector
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine
watercourse Waikato River NERFINISHED

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Waikato River hasHydroelectricDam Maraetai Power Station