Cobb Power Station
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The Cobb Power Station is a hydroelectric facility on the Cobb River
, 112 km northwest of Nelson, New Zealand
. Since 2003, it has been owned and operated by TrustPower
. Annual generation is approximately 190 GWh.
The head is 596 m, the highest of any power station in New Zealand.
Cobb River, New Zealand
The Cobb River is a river in the Tasman Region of New Zealand. It flows southeast from Lake Cobb on the northern slopes of Mount Cobb, in Kahurangi National Park, in the northwestern South Island. The river's waters are captured behind a dam to become the Cobb Reservoir; the outflow continues to...
, 112 km northwest of Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....
. Since 2003, it has been owned and operated by TrustPower
TrustPower
TrustPower Limited is a New Zealand electricity generation and electricity retailing company, listed on the New Zealand stock exchange.TrustPower is New Zealand's fifth largest electricity generator and the fourth largest electricity retailer , serving 260,000 customers throughout New Zealand...
. Annual generation is approximately 190 GWh.
The head is 596 m, the highest of any power station in New Zealand.