Spotlight on energy projects

EECA follows and shares the progress of clean and clever energy projects around New Zealand, particularly if we have contributed co-funding to the project. 

Taupō Hospital emissions reduction

Taupō Hospital has bid a final farewell to coal as it’s now using geothermal energy instead, reducing emissions and spreading warmth to its neighbours through load-sharing capability – Taupō Intermediate School and the Liston Heights Care Home. The change has taken place as part of the Carbon Neutral Government Programme, which aims to remove all coal boilers from Government estates.

EECA worked with Taupō Hospital and Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora on a feasibility study to confirm the potential benefits that stood to be gained through the energy transition. The study identified that the removal of the back-up coal boilers and the addition of a new geothermal well would see a significant reduction in maintenance and service costs, as well as a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

This is one of eight sites removing the remaining coal boilers across Te Whatu Ora estate which will remove in excess of 55,000 tCO2e over the next 10 years.

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