The McKee power station is a gas-fired generating plant located at the
McKee production station in north Taranaki,
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. The plant currently comprises two 50 MW gas turbines in open cycle mode and two 1 MW reciprocating engines in cogeneration mode. It is owned and operated by
Nova Energy
The Todd Corporation is a large private New Zealand company with a value of $4.3 billion, owned and controlled by the Todd family and headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand. The corporation is currently led by chairman of the board, Henry Tait ...
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The 100 MW open cycle gas turbine power station was officially opened in March 2013. This plant comprises two GE
LM6000
The General Electric LM6000 is a turboshaft aeroderivative gas turbine engine. The LM6000 is derived from the CF6-80C2 aircraft turbofan. It has additions and modifications designed to make it more suitable for marine propulsion, industrial power ...
gas turbines and was constructed at a cost of $100 million.
See also
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McKee field
McKee field is an oil and gas producing field in Taranaki, New Zealand. It is located 20 km south east of New Plymouth. The field is now owned and operated by subsidiaries of Todd Energy.
The field is named for Tasman Joseph McKee, a New Zea ...
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Electricity sector in New Zealand
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List of power stations in New Zealand
This is a list of power stations in New Zealand.
The list is not exhaustive – only power stations over 0.5 MW and significant power stations below 0.5 MW are listed.
Power plants in New Zealand have different generating roles ...
References
External links
Nova Energy website
{{New Plymouth District
Natural gas-fired power stations in New Zealand
New Plymouth District
Buildings and structures in Taranaki