ELECTRIC POWER
DEVELOPMENT AT WAIPORI. POSSIBILITIES OF THE RIVER. (Special to the Times.) Dunedin, June 17. At the meeting of the City Council last night Councillor Shacklock said that the present development at Waipori was 15,000 horse-power with, an allowance for overload, and this could be brought up to a capacity of 25,000 horse-power. That did not exhaust the possibilities of the river which could economically be developed up to 36,000 horse-power in easy stages as the demand for power grew to absorb the possibilities of the river. In five years this would mean an increased installed capacity of about 70,000 horse-power. Assuming a diversity factor of 3£ as at present, some day, no doubt, power would be transmitted from Lake Wanaka to Dunedin, but until the conditions justified that step they could satisfy all probable requirements more economically than by building large inland stations and at the same time build up a load ’ against the day when the development of the larger scheme would be justified.
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Southland Times, Issue 19899, 18 June 1926, Page 7
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167ELECTRIC POWER Southland Times, Issue 19899, 18 June 1926, Page 7
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