New Zealand has 43 power plants in this atlas, with 6,675 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Manapouri (800 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro, geothermal and wind. Grid operators listed here include Transpower. Electricity is regulated by Electricity Authority and Commerce Commission. Renewables supplied 86% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in New Zealand
Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail
Hydro, geothermal and wind supply about 85% of electricity, traded in a nodal wholesale market.
Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.
What does “Liberalised market” mean?
Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
New Zealand is in Australia and New Zealand. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Wellington
Languages
English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language
Region
Australia and New Zealand
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 43 records for New Zealand. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
43 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 43 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
