| Title | Lookahead from Kawerau, New Zealand: the Largest Geothermal Industrial Direct Use Complex in the World |
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| Authors | Spence MCCLINTOCK, Robbie WATT, Jaime QUINAO |
| Year | 2020 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | Kawerau, direct use, industrial direct use, process heat, energy park |
| Abstract | Kawerau in New Zealand has been home to the largest industrial geothermal direct use operations in the world since the 1950s, utilizing geothermal energy from the Kawerau Geothermal Field (KGF) supplied by NgÄti TÅ«wharetoa Geothermal Assets Ltd. (NTGA) for different industrial processes: pulp and paper, wood products processing, timber drying, clean steam production, among others. This paper provides a look-back on the milestones achieved and a lookahead on the opportunities and challenges for increased geothermal energy direct use in Kawerau and in New Zealand. |