|
Meridian is currently awaiting the commissioners' deliberations. While awaiting further progress Meridian continues to liaise with interested parties.
If you would like to know more about the proposal please contact us via:
Ph: 0800 496 501
Email: hydro.info@meridianenergy.co.nz
Mail: Mokihinui Hydro Proposal, Meridian, PO Box 2454, Christchurch.
A DVD has been produced to outline the benefits and potential future opportunities for recreation and tourism opportunities. To download click here. (60MB)
Overview
The proposal plans for the construction of a hydro dam and power station 3 km upstream of the township of Seddonville, 40 km north of Westport in the Buller district. The dam would create a 14 km long and narrow lake reaching back 500m eastwards of Specimen Creek in the Mokihinui Gorge.
The transmission line would traverse 29 km southwards across the Stockton Plateau to a new substation to be located at Cedar Creek in the upper Waimangaroa valley. Meridian and Buller Electricity are working together to investigate local supply options.
The Mokihinui Hydro Proposal would:
- produce between 310 and 360 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year of renewable electricity generation.
- meet the current and immediate future electricity needs of the South Island’s West Coast
- provide security of supply to the West Coast region
- on average – reduce the nodal price on the West Coast in the setting of wholesale electricity prices
- significantly reduce transmission losses currently experienced which can be as much as 50% at peak demand times
- provide an upgrade of and new sections of the 16km degraded walking track from near the entrance of the Mokihinui Gorge to the Mokihinui Forks area.
- Include the formation of a Trust with other individuals and interested parties to investigate the potential to provide a further walking track that would link the Mokihinui Forks to the Lyell.
For full copies of the resource consent applications and technical reports, please view or download these from here.
Read more about the proposal on the Mokihinui fact sheet . For a brief overview of some key topics of Meridian's resource consent applications click here (3 MB pdf).
|