{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox power station |name = Mokai Power Station |image = |image_caption = |country = New Zealand |location = [[Waikato]] | coordinates = {{coord|38|31|50|S|175|55|32|E|type:landmark_region:NZ|display=inline,title}} |owner = Tuaropaki Power Company |status = O | geo_type = | geo_temp_requirement = | geo_well_count = | geo_well_depth = | geo_water_output = | geo_cogeneration = |ps_electrical_capacity= 113 MW | ps_annual_generation= 930&nbsp;GWh<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nzgeothermal.org.nz/nz_geo_fields.html#Mokai| title=Mokai| publisher=NZ Geothermal Association| access-date=7 December 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602083218/http://www.nzgeothermal.org.nz/nz_geo_fields.html#Mokai| archive-date=2 June 2010| url-status=dead}}</ref> |commissioned = 2000 |decommissioned = |website = {{URL|http://www.tuaropaki.com/our-business/geothermal-power-generation/|www.tuaropaki.com}} }}

The '''Mokai Power Station''' is a [[Geothermal power|geothermal]] power station owned by the Tuaropaki Power Company and operated by [[Mercury NZ Limited]]. It is located approximately 30&nbsp;km north west of [[Taupō]] in [[New Zealand]]. The station uses a binary cycle manufactured by [[Ormat Industries]].

The Tuaropaki Power Company is 75% owned by the Tuaropaki Trust and 25% by Mighty River Power.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mightyriver.co.nz/Our-Business/Generation/Our-Power-Stations.aspx| title=Our Power Stations| publisher=Mighty River Power}}</ref>

The plant was initially constructed in 1999 as a 55 MW geothermal power station. An additional 40 MW was added in 2005 and in 2007 plant capacity was increased to 110 MW.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/Environment/Natural-resources/Geothermal-resources/Maori-and-geothermal-resources/Mokai-geothermal-system/| title=Mokai geothermal system| publisher=Waikato Regional Council}}</ref>

[[Image:Geothermal.Electricity.NZ.Mokai.png|thumb|none|260px|Electricity Generation at Mokai.]]

==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|New Zealand|Geology|Renewable energy}}}} *[[Geothermal power in New Zealand]] *[[List of power stations in New Zealand]]

== References == {{reflist}} {{Mercury Energy|state=autocollapse}} {{Electricity generation in Waikato}}

[[Category:Geothermal power stations in New Zealand]] [[Category:Taupō District]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in the Taupō District]]

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