Te Huka geothermal power plant

This article is part of the Global Geothermal Power Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Report an error

Te Huka geothermal power plant is an operating geothermal power plant in New Zealand.

Project Details

Table 1: Unit-level project details for Te Huka geothermal power plant

Unit name	Status	Commissioning year	Nameplate capacity	Technology	Owner	Operator
1	Operating	2010	28 MW	Binary cycle	Contact Energy Ltd	Contact Energy
3	Operating	2024	51 MW	Binary cycle	Contact Energy Ltd	Contact Energy

Location

Table 2: Unit-level location details for Te Huka geothermal power plant

Unit name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
1	New Zealand	-38.6672208, 176.1166394 (exact)
3	New Zealand	-38.6672208, 176.1166394 (exact)

The map below shows the exact locations of the geothermal power plant units:

Loading map...

{"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":16,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":-38.6672208,"lon":176.1166394,"icon":"","inlineLabel":"Units 1, 3\n"}]}

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of global geothermal power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Geothermal Power Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.