Marsden Substation

Marsden Substation is an electrical substation in Whangarei, Northland. Marsden Substation is situated nearby to Marsden B, as well as near Saint Pauls Anglican Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marsden B and Bream Bay College.

Marsden B

Marsden B was an unused 250 MW oil-fired power station near the Marsden Point Oil Refinery at Marsden Point, Ruakaka, Northland, New Zealand. Due to rising oil prices, the plant was mothballed in 1978 without ever being commissioned. Marsden B is situated 230 metres northeast of Marsden Substation.

Bream Bay College

School

Bream Bay College is a secondary school in Ruakākā, in the Whangarei District, Northland, New Zealand. The school serves Ruakākā, One Tree Point to the north, the marae-based community of Takahiwai to the west, the town of Waipu to the south, and farming communities inland. Bream Bay College is situated 1 km west of Marsden Substation.

Ruakākā Energy Park

Power station

The Ruakākā Energy Park is a co-located battery energy storage system and photovoltaic power station in Ruakākā, Northland, New Zealand. The BESS has an output of 100MW and storage of 200MWh. Ruakākā Energy Park is situated 3 km north of Marsden Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruakākā and Marsden Point.

Ruakākā

Town

Photo: Hazelp, CC BY 2.5.

Ruakākā is a small town on Bream Bay, in Whangarei District in the north of New Zealand, around 30 kilometres south of central Whangārei. Originally a small beachside community, Ruakākā saw development in the 1980s due to expansion of nearby Marsden Point, New Zealand's sole oil refinery.

Marsden Point

Hamlet

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Marsden Point is a broad, flat peninsula that is the southern head of the Whangārei Harbour entrance on the east coast of Northland, New Zealand, 30 kilometres southeast of the city of Whangārei. Marsden Point is situated 4 km northeast of Marsden Substation.

Marsden Bay

Locality

Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Marsden Bay is a locality and bay at the south head of Whangārei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. The western side of Marsden Bay is a coastal community called One Tree Point, and the eastern side is the industrial development of Marsden Point. Ruakākā lies about 9 km to the south. Marsden Bay is situated 5 km north of Marsden Substation.

Marsden Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Whangarei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

-35.87572° or 35° 52′ 33″ south

Longitude

174.46699° or 174° 28′ 1″ east

Operator

Transpower New Zealand

Open location code

4VPP4FF8+PQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 232382576

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Marsden Substation from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Pauls Anglican Church and Uranga Park.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Saint John Ambulance and The Digs.

Northland: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Whangarei, Far Far North, Kaitaia, and Kerikeri.

Curious Electrical Substations to Discover

Uncover intriguing electrical substations from every corner of the globe.