Mighty River's Ngatamariki Geothermal Project in New Zealand Reaches Final Stages of Construction

PERTH, AUSTRALIA--June 19, 2013--Researched by Industrial Info Resources Australia (Perth, Australia)--Mighty River Power Limited (Auckland, New Zealand) is nearing completion of the grassroot, 82-megawatt (MW) Ngatamariki Geothermal Binary power plant, which is 17 kilometres northeast of Taupo in New Zealand. Plant commissioning is expected in August 2013. The project is in the final stages of construction, with two of its four generating units already up and running. The total cost of the project is more than $400 million.