Rotokawa Power Station

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The Rotokawa Power Station is a geothermal power station owned and operated by Mercury Energy. It is located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north east of Taupō in New Zealand. The station uses a binary cycle manufactured by Ormat Industries.

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Electricity Generation at Rotokawa.

In May 2008, work began on the nearby Nga Awa Purua Power Station.[1]

Environmental aspects

Due to the high temperatures associated with the geothermal vent here, this locale is an occurrence of extremophile micro-organisms that can thrive on the high vent water temperature.[2]

See also

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References

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  2. C.Michael Hogan. 2010. Extremophile. eds. E.Monosson and C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington DC

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