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Case Studies

Showcasing examples where geothermal "Earth Energy" is being used for heating, cooling and processing applications. New Zealand and international examples.

Industrial/commercial heating

Aquaculture - Huka Prawn Park.pdf 237.58 kB
Horticulture - Plenty Flora.pdf 250.10 kB
Paper Processing - Asaleo.pdf 255.07 kB
Timber drying - Tenon.pdf 284.15 kB
Milk-Processing -Miraka.pdf 1.42 MB
Industrial-Geothermal-Heat-Park-Kawarau.pdf 1.86 MB

Tourism & heating

Space heating and cooling

District Heating using seawater.pdf 216.32 kB
GHP - Christchurch home.pdf 201.28 kB
GHP - Kapiti home.pdf 213.73 kB
GHP - Manuka Point Lodge.pdf 247.63 kB
GHP - Queenstown home.pdf 250.99 kB
GHP - Wairakei golf.pdf 243.63 kB
GHP - Wanaka home.pdf 1.01 MB
Home heating - Taupo.pdf 249.32 kB
Space heating - Alpin Motel.pdf 243.11 kB
Space heating - Christchurch airport.pdf 280.73 kB
Space cooling using lake water.pdf 246.63 kB

Electricity Generation

Electricity - Wairakei.pdf 239.02 kB
Electricity - Rotokawa.pdf 260.48 kB

More Resources

Download these fact sheets:

1 Geothermal - the Earth's energy.pdf (1.03 MB)

2 Generating electricity from geothermal heat.pdf (351.89 kB)

3 Direct geothermal heat use.pdf (374.35 kB)

4 Geothermal heat pumps.pdf (383.11 kB)

Access the:

NZ Geothermal Use Database & Webmap