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28 July 2010
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Contact is New Zealand’s largest private electricity operator – we are not owned
by the Government
We are owned by:
• Origin Energy (Australia) – 51%
• 80,000 individual New Zealand shareholders; more New Zealander’s have shares
in Contact than in any other company.
Some of our leaders (most of them New Zealanders):
• Whaimutu Dewes – Director
• David Baldwin – Managing Director
• Graham Cockroft – Chief Operating Officer
• James Kilty – Project Director, Renewables
• Ulrich Biesenbach, GM - Geothermal
We directly employ over 1000 people throughout New Zealand
Our values guide our behaviour – the way we treat each other and
our stakeholders
• First - being an intelligent and responsible leader
• Fresh - we dare to be different
• United - working together to a common goal
• Open - building open and enduring relationships
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Geothermal is New Zealand’s most cost effective fuel type
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Base Range $25/t Carbon $50/t Carbon
Source: Contact
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Contact’s operations and projects – an overview
Flash Tank
Sump or Silencer Branch Line Wellheads
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© Contact Energy Limited
Tauhara II Project
Overview
• Tauhara - 50 km2
• Twice the area of Wairakei or
Rotokawa
– Wairakei 25 km2
– Rotokawa 20 km2
• Aerial Extent
• Depth
• 3D Reservoir Simulation
– Wairakei model developed
• Subsidence Models
– 3D – coupled to reservoir simulator
– 1D – concept confirmation
3. With Tauhara II, Contact will have infrastructure and fluids available to
implement adaptive management