Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manapouri | Hydro | 800 |
| 2 | Ohau A | Hydro | 688 |
| 3 | Stratford power station | Gas | 587 |
| 4 | Benmore | Hydro | 540 |
| 5 | Huntly (steam) | Coal | 500 |
| 6 | Huntly power station | Gas | 454 |
| 7 | Clyde | Hydro | 432 |
| 8 | Huntly (CC) | Gas | 403 |
| 9 | Maraetai | Hydro | 360 |
| 10 | Waikato power station | Gas | 360 |
| 11 | Aviemore | Hydro | 220 |
| 12 | Tekapo | Hydro | 179 |
| 13 | Arapuni | Hydro | 164 |
| 14 | Whirinaki | Oil | 155 |
| 15 | West Wind | Wind | 143 |
| 16 | Nga Awa Purua | Geothermal | 140 |
| 17 | Wairakei | Geothermal | 132 |
| 18 | Ohaaki | Geothermal | 122 |
| 19 | mokai | Geothermal | 113 |
| 20 | Glenbrook power station | Gas | 112 |
There are 50 power plants in New Zealand in this open dataset, with about 8,461 MW of total capacity.
Manapouri is the largest at about 800 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is hydro (24 plants), across 6 fuel types in total.
New Zealand's grid carbon intensity is about 93 gCO₂/kWh, with 88.5% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
Power plants in New Zealand