The
45MW
project
would
add
to
a
raft
of
geothermal
projects
worth
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
the
central
North
Island
that
are
recently
completed
or
planned
by
domestic
developers
such
as
Contact
Energy
and
state-owned
Mighty
River
Power.
US-based
Ormat
was
awarded
the
project
last
year
by
a
consortium
of
New
Zealand
Maori
land
trusts
after
a
bidding
process.
Initially
the
New
York-listed
company
will
undertake
all
exploration
and
development
activities
on
the
902
hectare
site
in
the
Tikitere
(Hell’s
Gate)
geothermal
field
near
Rotorua.
If
the
project
is
found
to
be…
