Hydro power

Meridian owns and operates seven hydro stations in New Zealand.

Our hydro stations have a combined installed capacity of 2288 megawatts.

This is about the same amount of electricity as 1.4 million average New Zealand homes use in a year.

 

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Discover Benmore

Benmore is the country’s second largest hydro station after Manapouri, and New Zealand’s largest earth dam.

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Wind power

Meridian has four wind farms in New Zealand, and the Brooklyn wind turbine in Wellington. We also have one wind farm in Australia and a small wind farm on Ross Island near Antarctica.

Our New Zealand wind farms have a combined installed capacity of 356 megawatts.

This is about the same amount of electricity as 179,000 average New Zealand homes use in a year.

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Discover Te Uku

Te Uku is a 28-turbine wind farm located in Waikato, New Zealand. The wind farm can generate up to 64.4 megawatts of renewable energy.

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Solar power

Meridian owns a solar farm in Mendota, California, run by our subsidiary Meridian Energy USA.

The CalRENEW-1 solar farm is made up of more than 50,000 solar panels, covering almost 50 acres.

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Discover CalRENEW-1

The CalRENEW-1 solar farm delivers renewable power to California, helping the state meet its stringent carbon reduction goals.

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