Contact in talks on 13MW dairy boiler project

Contact in talks on 13MW dairy boiler project
Gavin Evans
Contact Energy says it is in talks with a dairy producer on a 13 megawatt electric boiler as part of its strategy to benefit from the country’s efforts to decarbonise heavy industry. Electrification of the country’s South Island dairy plants from coal to electricity would increase peak demand by about 600MW, the company says in a presentation for international investors. That is roughly equivalent to the load of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, the country’s biggest power consumer. Contact says it is a world-class geothermal operator an...

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