Mike Watson from the Dominion Post reports on the proposed construction of a geothermal power station in Taupo by Contact Energy.
The production of electricity using geothermal energy would be cheaper, more efficient and have far less impact on the environment.
An excerpt: (read in full here)
“Project manager James Kilty told a Taupo District Council meeting yesterday that the Tauhara power station would produce about 90 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than a coal-fired station.
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“If consent is granted by late 2010, construction could begin early in 2011 for commissioning in 2015.”