- Kaimai (re-consent): Hydro, 42 MW and generates approximately 169 GWh per annum.
- Lake Pukaki: Hydro storage, 545 GWh of realisable energy available over 3 years
- Mahinerangi: Wind, 190MW and generate approximately 549 GWh per year
- Southland: Wind, 385MW
- Tekapo (re-consent): Hydro, 190 MW, 187- GWh per annum
- Waitaha: Hydro, 23 MW, 130 GWh per annum
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
5 comments:
But what about the endangered snails? Maybe they could join the Green Party with the rest of them?
Fast Track on a ute: US-based Deployable Energy, manufactured a microreactor core small enough to fit in the back of a Ford F-150 which they drove directly to the Idaho National Laboratory for testing. That’s what 10 acres of fixed solar panels provide but daytime power only.
Thanks for the heads up 2:02 - micro reactors for every suburb is becoming realistic.
All but one are in the South Island .
Time to fly a drone over the transmission cables to the North Island with a trailing steel cable to introduce a terminal disruption and ensure adequate cheap power in the South Island.
So, the South Island does have some uses. Good to know
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