Nga Awa Purua Power Station

Nga Awa Purua, also known as Rotokawa II, is a geothermal power station located near Taupō in New Zealand. The project was developed by Mighty River Power.

Type: Power station
Description: power station near Taupō, New Zealand
Also known as: “Ngā Awa Pūrua Power Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rotokawa Power Station and Aratiatia Power Station.

Rotokawa Power Station

Power station

Photo: Muskatmanta, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Rotokawa Power Station is a geothermal power station owned and operated by Mercury Energy. It is located approximately 10 kilometres north east of Taupō in New Zealand. Rotokawa Power Station is situated 1 km east of Nga Awa Purua Power Station.

Aratiatia Power Station

Power station

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Aratiatia Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the first hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, and is located 13 kilometres downstream of Lake Taupō. Aratiatia Power Station is situated 3½ km west of Nga Awa Purua Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rotokawa.

Rotokawa

Locality

Rotokawa is a rural community in the Rotorua District and the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bitter lake" for Rotokawa. Rotokawa is situated 3 km southeast of Nga Awa Purua Power Station.

Nga Awa Purua Power Station

Categories: geothermal power station and industry
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.61432° or 38° 36′ 52″ south

Longitude

176.18411° or 176° 11′ 3″ east

Inception

2010

Operator

Mercury Energy

Open location code

4VHR95PM+7J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 167285262

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q7021804

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In Other Languages

From German to Ukrainian—“Nga Awa Purua Power Station” goes by many names.

German: “Nga Awa Purua Geothermal Power Station”
German: “Nga Awa Purua Power Station”
German: “Nga Awa Purua”
Japanese: “ナ・アワ・プルア発電所”
Ukrainian: “ГТЕС Нга-Ава-Пуруа”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ngaawapurua Rapids and Lake Rotokawa Conservation Area.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Nga Awa Purua geothermal power station and Ngā Awa Pūrua Substation.

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