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    its People. Waitaki Lakes Committee. pp. 169 pages. ISBN 0-473-00080-6. Waitaki Valley website (archived) Meridian energy Waitaki hydro scheme Hydrologic...
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    station as part of the Waitaki hydro scheme. Prior to the creation of the Waitaki hydro scheme, the river flowed directly into the Waitaki River rather than...
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    Twizel (section Hydro town)
    Turnbull Thomson, Chief Surveyor of Otago in the mid-19th century. The Waitaki hydro scheme consisted of 50 kilometres (31 mi) of canals, two dams, and four...
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    The Waitaki Dam is one of eight hydroelectric power stations which form the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme on the Waitaki River in the Canterbury Region...
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    was the governance of the Waitaki River, which forms a political boundary between Canterbury and Otago. With major hydro schemes on this river, it was decided...
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  • the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme in New Zealand's South Island. It lies downstream of lakes Aviemore and Benmore on the Waitaki River, close to the town...
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    Stuff. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021. "Discover the Waitaki Hydro Scheme" (PDF). Meridian Energy. p. 5. Retrieved 31 August 2021. Bruce, David...
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  • River The Waitaki River The Clutha River Other schemes are standalone developments associated with specific sites. The Tongariro Power Scheme (1,400 GWh)...
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    station (1971), the 848 MW Upper Waitaki River Scheme (1977–85) and the 432 MW Clyde Dam (1992). By the mid-1990s, hydro capacity had reached over 5,000 MW...
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    Ōhau A has a net head of 59 metres (194 ft). It is part of the Waitaki hydro scheme which consists of eight power stations operated from a control centre...
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  • Corporation of New Zealand (ECNZ) in 1998–99, taking over the Waitaki River and the Manapouri hydro schemes. Originally a state-owned enterprise wholly owned by...
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    New Zealand. It is a twin station with Ōhau B and is part of the Waitaki hydro scheme which consists of eight power stations operated from a control centre...
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    sor-Energy-10MW-Biomass-Boiler-Red-Stag-Timber.pdf "Discover the Waitaki Hydro Scheme" (PDF). Meridian Energy Ltd. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF)...
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    New Zealand. It is a twin station with Ōhau C and is part of the Waitaki hydro scheme which consists of eight power stations operated from a control centre...
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    sector in New Zealand "Tekapo Power Scheme", Genesis NZ, retrieved 12 June 2024 Discover the Waitaki Hydro Scheme (PDF), Meridian Energy, archived from...
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    Zealand's largest earth dam, which was created as part of the Waitaki hydroelectricity power scheme. Construction of Benmore Dam was approved in 1957 and the...
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    Kurow (redirect from Waitaki Valley School)
    Kurow is a small town in the Waitaki District, New Zealand. It is located on the south bank of the Waitaki River, 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Oamaru...
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    within the Waitaki power scheme, located in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. There are eight other power stations in the Waitaki Power...
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  • hydroelectric schemes in the South Island: Waitaki, Clutha and Manapouri. The Waitaki scheme has three distinct parts – the original Waitaki and Tekapo A...
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  • North Bank tunnel concept was a hydroelectric scheme being developed by Meridian Energy on the Waitaki River in Canterbury, New Zealand. The $993 million...
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    power a hydroelectric power plant. It is a part of the Waitaki River Hydroelectric System, a scheme which supplies 30% of New Zealand's considerable amount...
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    Benmore Dam, the largest dam within the Waitaki hydro-electric power scheme, as well as Aviemore Dam and Waitaki Dam. An off-road 16-kilometre bicycling...
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  • transport increased, and the primary freight became goods for the Upper Waitaki Hydro Scheme. On 25 March 1947, passenger services were withdrawn and the mixed...
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    the transmission lines out of the lower South Island. The Clutha Upper Waitaki Lines Project (CULWP) started construction as of September 2021[update]...
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    South Island of New Zealand. It was formed in 1977–1981 as part of the Waitaki hydroelectric project. It lies on the traditional boundary of the Canterbury...
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    commissioning of the Waitaki Dam and in 1935 by extending transmission lines south to join Coleridge/Waitaki to Dunedin's Waipori scheme. Water supply was...
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    before being returned directly into Lake Benmore, as part of the Waitaki Hydroelectric scheme. Occasionally, water may be spilled down the riverbed when Lake...
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  • local demand and most of the electricity has to be transmitted from the Waitaki Valley, over 600 kilometres (370 mi) away. The dam was proposed to be 85...
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    electricity is generated by hydroelectricity, primarily from the Waitaki, Clutha, and Manapouri schemes, with most of the remainder coming from wind generation...
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    Monowai system, inland from Oamaru to the Waitaki Dam, and west over Arthur's Pass to Greymouth. The State Hydro-electric Department was established in 1946...
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