Karapiro Power Station

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Karapiro Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in New Zealand that harnesses the flow of the Waikato River to generate electricity.

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Karapiro Power Station canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
basinCountry New Zealand ⓘ
commissioned 1947 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1940 ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
creates Lake Karapiro ⓘ
damCrosses Waikato River ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 30 km southeast of Hamilton, New Zealand ⓘ
environmentalImpact modification of Waikato River flow and creation of Lake Karapiro ⓘ
feedsInto Waikato River downstream ⓘ
fuelType water ⓘ
generatingUnits 3 ⓘ
gridConnection New Zealand national grid ⓘ
gridOperator Transpower New Zealand ⓘ
hasCatchment Waikato River catchment ⓘ
linked to: Waikato River
hasFunction peaking and base-load generation ⓘ
hasInfrastructureType gravity dam and powerhouse complex ⓘ
hasOutlet Waikato River ⓘ
hasReservoir Lake Karapiro ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
historicalSignificance last hydroelectric station completed on the Waikato River cascade in the mid-20th century ⓘ
installedCapacity 96 MW ⓘ
isPartOfCascade Waikato River hydroelectric cascade ⓘ
locatedDownstreamOf Horahora Power Station (former) ⓘ
locatedIn North Island ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Waikato Region ⓘ
locatedInRegion Waikato ⓘ
locatedNear Cambridge, New Zealand ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Waikato River ⓘ
locatedUpstreamOf Arapuni Power Station ⓘ
namedAfter Karapiro ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 3 ⓘ
opened 1947 ⓘ
operator Mercury NZ Limited ⓘ
ownedBy Mercury NZ Limited ⓘ
partOf New Zealand national electricity grid ⓘ
Waikato River hydroelectric system ⓘ
plantType run-of-river hydroelectric plant ⓘ
primaryEnergySource hydropower ⓘ
regionServed North Island of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: North Island
reservoirName Lake Karapiro ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
supportsActivity rowing on Lake Karapiro ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
usedFor electricity generation ⓘ
river flow regulation ⓘ
supporting recreational activities on Lake Karapiro ⓘ
watercourse Waikato River ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Waikato River → hasHydroelectricDam → Karapiro Power Station ⓘ
Karapiro Dam → hasPowerPlant → Karapiro Power Station ⓘ
Maraetai Power Station → formsPartOfCascadeWith → Karapiro Power Station ⓘ
Arapuni Power Station → isUpstreamOf → Karapiro Power Station ⓘ
Waikato hydro scheme → hasComponent → Karapiro Power Station ⓘ
Lake Karapiro → isReservoirFor → Karapiro Power Station ⓘ