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Meridian Energy
New Zealand
Registrace 21. 07. 2010
Meridian and its online subsidiary Powershop retail electricity to more than 350,000 connections − homes, farms and businesses throughout New Zealand.
As a company focused on sustainability, Meridian is involved with a number of environmental programmes, operates community funds associated with each of its assets and runs a national sponsorship programme that supports a number of community-focused organisations.
www.meridianenergy.co.nz
As a company focused on sustainability, Meridian is involved with a number of environmental programmes, operates community funds associated with each of its assets and runs a national sponsorship programme that supports a number of community-focused organisations.
www.meridianenergy.co.nz
EcoMatters' Green Transition | Powered by Meridian's Community Decarbonisation Fund
Discover how EcoMatters, an Auckland based charity is driving sustainability forward with the support from Meridian’s Community Decarbonisation Fund.
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Harapaki Wind Farm is all go, and delivering for NZ
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Harapaki Wind Farm is now fully commissioned and pumping out full power! 💪 Harapaki is our newest wind farm, on the Maungaharuru Range north of Napier. Its 41 turbines can generate 176MW - that’s enough to power roughly 70,000 homes, or approximately all of Hawke’s Bay!
You can't beat Wellington on a good day!
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You can’t beat Wellington on a good day. And a good day out at our West Wind Farm is a windy one. And it takes a team of clever people like Gecko to keep the turbines spinning on site, and people’s lights on at home.
A dream job on a Manawatū landmark
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Hamu found his dream job at the top of a wind turbine. Our Te Āpiti wind farm is a Manawatū landmark, and for the people who work on it, it’s also a source of enormous pride. We love being able to produce so much renewable energy from this incredible spot!
More than meets the eye: turning transformer trouble into sustainable success
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What started as an unexpected failure on a key piece of machinery has ended as one of the most ambitious and successful recycling projects Meridian has ever undertaken. A failure in one of two transformers at Meridian’s West Wind site last May left the team with just one working transformer and scratching their heads about what to do with the other one - all 100 tonnes of it.
Keeping New Zealand's newest wind farm on track
zhlédnutí 103Před měsícem
"The trouble with building a wind farm is you want a place with a lot of wind, but then you can't put the turbine up in a lot of wind." Building anything is a huge logistical effort. So how do you go about planning to build anything in one of the windiest places in the country?
Building a legacy on the Hawke's Bay hills
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For a lot of the team constructing Meridian's Harapaki wind farm in Hawke's Bay, building stuff isn't just a job - it's a calling! This 41-turbine wind farm in the heart of Hawke's Bay is a huge job, and we're so pleased to have some of the country's best specialists helping to put it together.
Welcoming kiwi back to Wellington
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We're so proud to support the incredible work of @Capitalo bring kiwi back to the hills of Wellington. Our West Wind site is one of the areas the project has chosen to release adult kiwi back into the wild. The extensive trapping network they've put in place helps keep these precious birds protected, and incredibly, there are now almost 150 kiwi roaming the hills of Wellington!
Growing Ashhurst's rongoā garden
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What better garden for a health centre than one full of traditional medicinal plants? We're really proud to have supported this rongoā garden at the Ashhurst Health Centre. Whether big or small, our Power Up fund offers financial support to community projects that are close to our assets. More information: www.meridianenergy.co.nz/community-support/fund
Bringing in the big machinery!
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To build something like the Harapaki wind farm, you need some big machinery, and some great people to operate it. In fact, we've had one of the biggest cranes in the southern hemisphere helping erect the 41 turbine towers at Harapaki. It takes an enormous team to pull off a project like this, so we're celebrating everyone who's been involved in this awesome project.
We've got one of the world's best wind farms!
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Our Te Āpiti wind farm team is one of the best in the business 🏆 And there's a reason they're so good - this spot between Manawatū and Tararua is one of the best places in the world for wind power!
Creating a space for kids - Ashhurst's community skate park
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"The kids own it. It's their place they come and hang out. And they look after it." 🛴 Building a skate park in Ashhurst was a massive job that required huge amounts of community effort and funding. And now it's a true community asset. We're really happy to have played a part in making this skate park a reality - especially when you see how well used it is!
Starting the day the right way
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We all know what a difference a good start to the day can make. And Andrea understands that better than most. Andrea's often the first person that people see when they visit the Harapaki wind farm. She's one of the many staff, contractors and consultants who make up the team building this 41-turbine wind farm. And she's a big part of why this team is so great!
Building the country's newest wind farm
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We’re currently building the country's newest wind farm, and we’ve enlisted a team of absolute superheroes to do it. 🙌 So, as work continues on the 41-turbine Harapaki wind farm in Hawke’s Bay, we’re celebrating the achievements of our entire team - our amazing employees, committed contractors, clever consultants and more! When it's completed later this year, Harapaki will generate enough power...
These guys are nailing it!
zhlédnutí 238Před 3 měsíci
To create something great, you need great people! 😁 At our Harapaki wind farm we've got a small army supporting our permanent staff as construction continues - from security, to drivers, to specialists and more. Everyone plays a critical role in helping to deliver this new 41-turbine wind farm, including Nyeem and the Groundfix team. They're absolutely nailing it, and that's worth celebrating!
Quarterly operating results 16 April 2024
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Quarterly operating results 16 April 2024
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Introducing NZ's first hydro-foiling electric ferry, and NZ's best commute
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Introducing NZ's first hydro-foiling electric ferry, and NZ's best commute
This power scheme was more than a century in the making!
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This power scheme was more than a century in the making!
Harapaki Wind Farm February 2024 update
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Harapaki Wind Farm February 2024 update
Now, in order for the wind turbines to generate electricity, there has to be the ever-present wind velocities; of which is easier said than done in global warming-ridden Planet Earth.
Great just great for me and you and new zealand
Fascinating! And they managed to make this complete documentary without using "Damn the dam" on the soundtrack. Those of us who were aware of environmental issues back in the day remember the societal shift that this project caused. What we take for granted today.......
To THE HR UR EMPLOYEE CHINMAY CHAPALGAOKAR IS AN FRAUNDULENT EMOLOYEEE 😮 ASK HIM AND HIS FATHER TO REFUND MY MONEY BACK
Fab RioTinto Aluminium smelter gets a sweet heart secret deal for electric power, whilst Kiwi workers are over charged.
But tell me babe, how do you store excess wind turbine electrical generation for use when the wind isn't blowing? Any pumped storage in Wellington? Any large lithium or sodium battery arrays? Any cryogenic air storage? Until renewable energy is dispatchable, like hydro ore geothermal or fossil fuel thermal, or nuclear, it is only have the solution.
Lake levels have remained the same because the massive protests *stopped* the lake level being raised by 100 feet (pre metric) and drowning everything around the place. As it was damage was done by stopping the normal lake levels ebb and flow. Nice puff piece Meridian Energy.
Sadly, there is no way we could build this now.
My father Earle Nunn was on construction from start to finish mid 1960 -1971 he lived in the new hydro site with mum and my sister two years before I was born, Dad was a operator at the station as well, I remember going to work with Dad and sleeping in the rag bins down by the generators, we moved to the Hydro Village after the Construction from 1971 to 1979 in October that year we moved to Christchurch, I was 6 years and dad continued to work for NZED, Alstrom, Transfield Services before his retirement 2015 after 50 years of service to NZ Electricity.
I go to kings college in nz and I am 🥷🏿😶🌫️🧬🧌🩻🫨🐐🦠
We are still waiting for a Tourist Trip dedicated to New Zealand's Greatest Engineering Project as well as a Museum of Artifacts stored at Manapouri... but not indefinitely.
so very interesting ,i thank you for a fantastic doco
Very good doco. Thanks. Loved hearing the old tunnellers recounting their experiences. Our parents took us to visit the system in the early 70’s. Really look forward to a return visit soon👍
The Wind Mills Ruin the Landscape
Maori women and men are just completely indistinguishable, huh?
Incredible.
Who edited this video to seem like it is a funeral?
Wasn't me.
Well Done . We did a trip to Doubtful Sound from Manapouri by boat and coach over Wilmott Pass in 2023. Would have loved to do a tour of the power station this doco gives a great insight into the whole Manapouri Hydro scheme.
Someone singing and babbling in the background while people are speaking, combined with this sacred music, makes for awful sound design. It’s difficult to focus on the content.
❤❤refreshing to see something like this. I wish them the best of luck.
I loved my time at White Hill, once a week.
Good for career prospects. Gives the youth a direction. Thank you for posting
Not sure how I missed not knowing there was a reunion to celebrate the building of Manapouri - I worked on the original West Arm permanent installation, and returned four times after that for upgrades to the station - including while the second tailrace was being constructed, but we were so busy I never really got to see what they were up too, we were on a tight timeframe while upgrading each generator's control and instrumentation - and finally giving each unit an auto sync capability which they never had until then. I have lived at Te Anau, Manapouri, Manapouri Hydro Construction Village and West Arm during my stints with Utah Construction and Mining, Wilkins and Davies - Wismer and Becker,(GEC) Alstom and so on. I think I still have my UCM "Boat Pass" and a timesheet stashed away somewhere. I remember the first start of Unit 1 (NZED) when the Earths were left connected in the VT Cubicle, we had to walk up the access tunnel to evacuate because of the smoke and much later an inadvertent CO2 dump into a Stator Room caused us to evacuate!
WTF is this about? Wasted time watching it.
Very good, just the facts, documentary. Refreshing.
Lol if your reading this recognize neko lol thats me
Mana where ? Thanks jacinda.
It's so convenient to decarbonize NZ with population of only 5mil. across the 100k sq. mile of land mass that is rich in renewable energy resources such as wind and hydro (I reckon there are more sheeps than people there). Glad to know that Kiwis are well equiped with climate change awareness and its know how remedy based on what natural resources are available there 🇦🇺.
Why did lifting the lake level mean losing Manapouri?
By raising the lake level, the surrounding wildlife and vegetation would have been lost.
@@angelogiannoutsos2392 Why was that such a big issue?
@@jasonhockly8655 The lake resides inside Fiordland National Park which is a significant refuge for many threatened native animals and endangered species of birds endemic to New Zealand.
@@angelogiannoutsos2392 thank you
They should have had bilbo and Gandalf as passengers but not referred to them…just act like normal passengers…👍🏾👍
Its New Zealand.
Just put the carbon output in a 3rd world country where they mine for the batteries. Great idea!
How much emissions does the mining for your tin hats generate?
@@PaulG.x all of them
Impressive !
Ive worked on the Turitea windfarm in Palmerston north and they are impressive indeed❤
Happy Birthday 🎉
Great Video, I remember going to Benmore when it was being built, thanks for sharing
Fantastic ! what a great project, that NZ can truly be proud of.
Great Video Meridan, I have always had mixed feelings about this project, manapouri is one of the truly pristine environments in NZ, the power was used exclusively by the Aluminum Smelter at Bluff, to refine a product which was imported into NZ and the refined Product was exported overseas (mainly) The Smelter owners always bullied the Govt with closing the plant if we didn't give them cheap power, which eventually they have done! It was part of the Muldoon Govt "Think Big" projects which aimed to "industrialise" NZ! I know that Manapouri may be used to produce "Hydrogen" in the future! It would be interesting to see some investment analysis as to the merits of the project in hindsight! Thanks for sharing
WHEN earth gets its next carrington event equivalent, ( thats not an "if", same goes fore the overdue main alpine fault going pop). will the conductive components in the generating hall be deep enough to be immune to a solar killshot that would instantly put earth back to preindustrial advancement. What if any measures are meridian taking to protect systems from this inevitability? Dont buy any power, would be yours if i did, Im happily off grid and love it .cheers for the hydro history guys! ❤ From twizel.
Fascinating. Big regrets i missed a chance to see the hall as a visiting guest of a mate who helped manage the facility. Manapouri, is next level stunning. ❤
This brings back great memories. After the completion, the accommodation was given to the then Education Board for schools to camp at. I was with the second school to camp there, such an awesome time. Going on the launch from Te Anau across the lake, being met by lots of kea and bussing over the Wilmont pass. Rowing out in dingys and setting lines for tuna. We actually caught one and had it for breakfast. Tramping up the hanging valley with moss a foot or so deep. The waterfalls (Helena) would magically spring up all over the place when it rained. A once in a life time camp and my children and grand children have also been lucky enough enjoy this part of the world. Great memories.
It isnt on Te Anau, its on Manapouri.
My father placed the steel in this Dam.
Love the old school ,put me in those times any day
Fantastic news. Congratulations to everyone involved. Makes me glad to be a Meridian customer.
That's fantastic, well done New Zealand scientists and Meridian Energy.
As a wind turbine technician and a lover of beer, this makes me so happy and I love that breweries are using wind power to power their operations!!
Very good
You guys (♂️'s & ♀️'s) at Meridian Energy need to keep up the excellent work on rescuing kākāpō from the brink of extinction 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃. Americans can definitely learn from what the Māoris, and Pākehās,, are doing to avoid extinctions of species of animals, and plants, that are absolutely essential to the survivals of human beings 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃.
Well done Meridian, great project to support. Congrats Kakapu Recovery!