| Ātiamuri Power Station | |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Location | Lake Ātiamuri, Waikato River |
| Coordinates | 38°23′34.81″S 176°1′23.85″E / 38.3930028°S 176.0232917°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | November 1958 |
| Owner | Mercury Energy |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 4× Francis turbine |
| Nameplate capacity | 84 MW (113,000 hp) |
| Annual net output | 350 GWh (1,300 TJ) |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Ātiamuri Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the third of eight hydroelectric power stations on the Waikato River. The station can easily be seen from State Highway 1 between Taupō and Tokoroa.
Ātiamuri Power Station is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) downstream of Ōhakuri Power Station, and takes water directly from the larger upstream station. The relatively small storage of Lake Ātiamuri means the timing of Ātiamuri's generation production is critical, particularly if Ōhakuri is generating at full capacity.
Ātiamuri, like all of the hydroelectric power stations on the Waikato River, is operated by state-owned electricity generator Mercury Energy.[1]
- ^ "Atiamuri". Mighty River Power. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011.