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Retrospective and Prospective Views of the Development of Wairakei Geothermal Field: 50 Years and Counting

Rick Allis

Key words
Wairakei, development, history, future, technologies
Location
Wairakei, New Zealand; Taupo Volcanic Zone
Conference
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop
Year
2008
Session
Keynote
Language
English

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Abstract

Even with 50 years of geothermal power from Wairakei field, the thermal resource is still substantial. If new technologies being deployed by the oil industry today become economic for the geothermal industry in the future, developed fields like Wairakei can be considered as

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