Ormat Secures Contract With Mercury New Zeleand to Construct and Supply New 56 MW Geothermal Power Plant
Under the agreement with Mercury, the project will be an expansion of the existing 96 MW Ngatamariki geothermal power plant in operation, which was also built by Ormat in 2012.
- Under the agreement with Mercury, the project will be an expansion of the existing 96 MW Ngatamariki geothermal power plant in operation, which was also built by Ormat in 2012.
- The new power plant will be built on the same platform as the existing power plant and once in operation with the new Ormat Energy Converter (OEC) it will have a total output of over 150 MW (gross).
- Upon full operation of the Ngatamariki plant, Ormat's advanced geothermal equipment will take the lead in powering nearly 45% of New Zealand's geothermal energy market.
- Doron Blachar, CEO of Ormat Technologies said, “We are thrilled to partner with Mercury for the extension of the Ngatamariki Geothermal Power Station.