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    • One of Contact Energy Geothermal power stations
    Rights: Public domain Published 10 June 2008, Updated 25 September 2024 Size: 290 KB Referencing Hub media

    Steam pipelines at the Wairākei geothermal field. Three of the five Contact Energy geothermal power stations in New Zealand are based within this field outside of Taupo.

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