New Zealand

Oceania

New Zealand operates 43 power plants with a combined capacity of 6.7 GW. Below is its generation profile, fuel mix and largest stations, drawn from the World Power Plants database.

Power Plants

Total tracked

Capacity

6.7 GW

Installed

Renewable Share

83%

Of capacity

Largest Plant

Manapouri

By capacity

Fuel Mix

Hydroelectric65.7%

Geothermal10%

Natural Gas7.6%

Coal7.5%

Wind6.9%

Oil2.3%

Largest Stations

Manapouri

New Zealand · Hydroelectric

800MW · 1967

Ohau A

New Zealand · Hydroelectric

688MW · 1998

Benmore

New Zealand · Hydroelectric

540MW · 1998

Huntly (steam)

New Zealand · Coal

500MW · 1998

Clyde

New Zealand · Hydroelectric

432MW · 1992

Huntly (CC)

New Zealand · Natural Gas

403MW · 2007