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Kōrero: Geothermal energy

Geothermal steam pipes

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Geothermal steam pipes

These pipes are part of the geothermal heat-exchanger plant at the pulp and paper mill in Kawerau. Geothermal steam is used to boil feed water, which flashes off as clean steam. Steam is used in the plant for digesting wood pulp, drying timber and paper, and generating electricity.

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Carter Holt Harvey

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Carol Stewart, Geothermal energy – Other uses of geothermal energy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5432/geothermal-steam-pipes (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carol Stewart, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.