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Largest power plants in New Zealand by capacity

The biggest power plants in New Zealand ranked by installed capacity (MW). Open data.

#PlantFuelCountryMW
1ManapouriHydroNew Zealand800
2Ohau AHydroNew Zealand688
3BenmoreHydroNew Zealand540
4Huntly (steam)CoalNew Zealand500
5ClydeHydroNew Zealand432
6Huntly (CC)GasNew Zealand403
7MaraetaiHydroNew Zealand352
8AviemoreHydroNew Zealand220
9ArapuniHydroNew Zealand192
10TekapoHydroNew Zealand179
11WhirinakiOilNew Zealand155
12West WindWindNew Zealand143
13Nga Awa PuruaGeothermalNew Zealand138
14WairakeiGeothermalNew Zealand132
15OhaakiGeothermalNew Zealand122
16mokaiGeothermalNew Zealand112
17OhakuriHydroNew Zealand106
18KawerauGeothermalNew Zealand100
19WhakamaruHydroNew Zealand98
20KarapiroHydroNew Zealand96
21Te ApitiWindNew Zealand91
22WaitakiHydroNew Zealand90
23WaiporiHydroNew Zealand83
24AratiatiaHydroNew Zealand78
25AtiamuriHydroNew Zealand74
26Te UkuWindNew Zealand64
27Huntly (unit 6)GasNew Zealand60
28MatahinaHydroNew Zealand60
29TuaiHydroNew Zealand60
30Mill CreekWindNew Zealand60
31White HillWindNew Zealand58
32WaipapaHydroNew Zealand54
33Te RapaGasNew Zealand44
34PiripauaHydroNew Zealand42
35ColeridgeHydroNew Zealand39
36MahinerangiWindNew Zealand36
37RotokawaGeothermalNew Zealand34
38CobbHydroNew Zealand32
39PateaHydroNew Zealand32
40HighbankHydroNew Zealand29
41Te Huka BinaryGeothermalNew Zealand28
42Paerau and PatearoaHydroNew Zealand12
43Hai NuiWindNew Zealand7

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); measured CO₂ where reported to US EPA GHGRP, EU ETS or Climate TRACE. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.