GEOTHERMAL POWER
PRIVATE PLANT AT TAUPO HOTEL
"The Press” Special Service ' Tho Fet, ruary 8. The first geothermal plant to proatede £ Ne * Zea,and was opiated at the Spa Hotel, Taupo, to-day , A bore, about 230 feet n« eP n<. p , roduced steam which was 94 dry at a P res sure of 601 b. A small steam engine was used to drive a generator which produced 21 kilothethnf O fr el r ct kh :ity ~. sufficient tp keep hotel s lighting plant, refrigerators, and electric irons in full use during a three-hour trial. 8 It was found that a much more en , gine would be necessary to utilise the steam available. The amount ?ha P n°do e ubled UCed C ° Uld thUS be more
bore ’ J? hi £ h has been blowing for four months, has no connexion with tne Government scheme at Wairakei m nk by , Sinclair and Yates, the ’h°t f aupo ’ for the Proprietors of
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26651, 9 February 1952, Page 8
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