Mokai Power Station

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox power station

|name = Mokai Power Station

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|country = New Zealand

|location = Waikato

| coordinates = {{coord|38|31|50|S|175|55|32|E|type:landmark_region:NZ|display=inline,title}}

|owner = Tuaropaki Power Company

|status = O

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|ps_electrical_capacity= 113 MW

| ps_annual_generation= 930 GWh{{cite web| url=http://www.nzgeothermal.org.nz/nz_geo_fields.html#Mokai| title=Mokai| publisher=NZ Geothermal Association| access-date=7 December 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602083218/http://www.nzgeothermal.org.nz/nz_geo_fields.html#Mokai| archive-date=2 June 2010| url-status=dead}}

|commissioned = 2000

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|website = {{URL|http://www.tuaropaki.com/our-business/geothermal-power-generation/|www.tuaropaki.com}}

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The Mokai Power Station is a geothermal power station owned by the Tuaropaki Power Company and operated by Mercury NZ Limited. It is located approximately 30 km north west of Taupō in New Zealand. The station uses a binary cycle manufactured by Ormat Industries.

The Tuaropaki Power Company is 75% owned by the Tuaropaki Trust and 25% by Mighty River Power.{{cite web| url=http://www.mightyriver.co.nz/Our-Business/Generation/Our-Power-Stations.aspx| title=Our Power Stations| publisher=Mighty River Power}}

The plant was initially constructed in 1999 as a 55 MW geothermal power station. An additional 40 MW was added in 2005 and in 2007 plant capacity was increased to 110 MW.{{cite web| url=http://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/Environment/Natural-resources/Geothermal-resources/Maori-and-geothermal-resources/Mokai-geothermal-system/| title=Mokai geothermal system| publisher=Waikato Regional Council}}

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