Forty Years of Successfd Generation at Wairakei: a Successful Match and Marriage

Abstract

40 years of generation at Wairakei. Power generation commenced on 15 November 1958when Assistant SuperintendentC D loaded the 6.5 high pressure turbine generator, G2, to 1.7 Forty years of a match and a very successful between the Wairakei geothermal field and the Wairakei geothermal power station have ensued.

In, ëWairakei - The First Twenty Yearsí, Ian wrote ìWairakei, it is hoped, will be like grandfatherís axe - four new shafts, two new heads, but still the same axeî. There have been new shafts and new heads but Wairakei is Wairakei, is is Wairakei, is Wairakei . . . .. . There is no hoping after forty years, it is reality. This is a remarkable achievement fkom a plant that is now a consistent and reliable electricity generation facility. But it wasnít like this.