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Ohau B

Canterbury Region, New Zealand

The 2028th largest power station in the world

212 MW · Capacity

Ōhau B is a hydroelectric power station in the Mackenzie Basin, Canterbury, New Zealand. Operated by Meridian Energy, it is one of the three Ōhau stations in the Upper Waitaki hydro scheme. It is a twin station to Ōhau C, and water from Lake Ruataniwha passes through Ōhau B before entering the Ōhau C canal on its way to Ōhau C and Lake Benmore.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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