Whakamaru Power Station

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

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Label Occurrences
Whakamaru Power Station canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
run-of-river power station ⓘ
annualGeneration approximately 500 GWh ⓘ
basinCountry New Zealand ⓘ
commissioned 1956 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1950 ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
damCrosses Waikato River ⓘ
designedFor base-load generation ⓘ
peaking support ⓘ
downstreamFrom Atiamuri Power Station ⓘ
gridConnection New Zealand national grid ⓘ
hasDam Whakamaru Dam ⓘ
hasInfrastructure control gates ⓘ
penstocks ⓘ
powerhouse ⓘ
switchyard ⓘ
hasSpillway gated spillway ⓘ
installedCapacity 100 MW ⓘ
approximately 100 megawatts ⓘ
isPartOf New Zealand electricity system ⓘ
locatedIn North Island ⓘ
Waikato River ⓘ
Waikato region ⓘ
linked to: Waikato Region
locatedInCountry New Zealand ⓘ
locatedNear Mangakino ⓘ
Whakamaru ⓘ
managedBy Mercury NZ Limited ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
operator Mercury NZ Limited ⓘ
ownedBy Mercury NZ Limited ⓘ
New Zealand Government (major shareholder in Mercury NZ) ⓘ
partOf Waikato River hydroelectric scheme ⓘ
plantType hydroelectric ⓘ
primaryFuel hydropower ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
flood control support ⓘ
river flow regulation ⓘ
region Waikato ⓘ
reservoirCreatedBy Whakamaru Dam ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Whakamaru ⓘ
river Waikato River ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom Maraetai Power Station ⓘ
waterSource Waikato River ⓘ

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

Waikato River → hasHydroelectricDam → Whakamaru Power Station ⓘ
Maraetai Power Station → formsPartOfCascadeWith → Whakamaru Power Station ⓘ
Waikato hydro scheme → hasComponent → Whakamaru Power Station ⓘ