industry energy founded 1993 headquarters tauranga new zealand services electricity revenue nzd 933.8 m 1 net income nzd 89.8 m 1 total assets nzd 3 816m 1 total equity nzd 1 888m 1 number of employees 695 1 website www.trustpower.co.nz trustpower limited is a new zealand electricity generation and electricity retailing company listed on the new zealand stock exchange . trustpower is new zealand s fifth largest electricity generator in terms of mw capacity gwh output and revenue and the fourth largest electricity retailer in customer numbers serving 277 000 customers throughout new zealand . the company owns and operates 34 power stations . it generates 100 % of its electricity using renewable energy sources primarily hydro electric but also wind farms . the company s ownership structure is dominated by its two major shareholders infratil which owns 50.5 % and the tauranga energy consumer trust tect which owns 26.8 % . the company s remaining shares are owned by 12 000 small parcel shareholders and there are also 12 000 bond holders . 2 in 2013 it bought energy direct a wanganui electricity and gas company . 3 in 2015 it bought 65 % of king country energy ltd from nova energy . 4 king country energy generates all of its electricity from renewable sources principally hydro electric generation and supplies electricity to the waitomo king country and ruapehu districts . king country energy was incorporated in 1991 . contents 1 power stations 2 developments 3 see also 4 references 5 external links power stations edit trustpower power stations in new zealand station type capacity commissioned location bream bay diesel 9 mw 2011 northland lloyd mandeno hydro 16 mw bay of plenty lower mangapapa hydro 5.6 mw 1979 ruahihi hydro 20 mw 1981 kaimai 5 hydro 0.3 mw matahina hydro 80 mw 1967 wheao flaxy hydro 26 mw 1982 hinemaiaia hydro 6 mw 1952 mangorei hydro 4.5 mw 1906 taranaki motukawa hydro 5 mw 1927 patea hydro 31 mw 1984 tararua wind 161 mw 1999 manawatu cobb hydro 32 mw 1944 nelson argyle hydro 11 mw 1983 marlborough wairau hydro mw waihopai hydro 2.4 mw 1927 arnold hydro 3 mw 1932 west coast kumara hydro 6.5 mw dillmans hydro 3.5 mw duffers hydro 0.5 mw kaniere hydro 0.4 mw 1909 mckay s creek hydro 1.1 mw 1931 wahapo hydro 3.1 mw 1960 coleridge hydro 39 mw 1914 canterbury highbank hydro 28 mw 1945 montalto hydro 1.8 mw 1982 paerau patearea hydro 12 mw 1984 otago deep stream hydro 5 mw 2008 waipori hydro 84 mw 1907 mahinerangi wind 36 mw 2011 trustpower power stations in australia station type capacity commissioned location snowtown wind farm 5 6 wind 368 mw 2008 2014 south australia myponga wind farm wind 35 mw proposed dundonnell wind farm 7 wind 300 mw proposed victoria salt creek wind farm 8 wind 30 mw proposed developments edit trustpower s current development projects in new zealand include the awhitu wind farm near waiuku the wairau hydro scheme near blenheim and the kaiwera downs wind farm in southland . on 2 november 2008 trustpower opened stage 1 of the snowtown wind farm its first wind farm in australia . the wind farm is near the township of snowtown 170 km north of adelaide and will generate 370 380 gwh pa with 47 wind turbines . project cost is 220 million . 5 the project was completed in november 2014 . 6 the myponga wind farm was a 120m project of 16 wind turbines to be located near sellicks hill on the southern outskirts of adelaide . trustpower abandoned this project in 2009 . 9 in 2016 resource consent applications were lodged for the waverley wind farm . see also edit electricity sector in new zealand new zealand electricity market references edit a b c d e financial statements 2016 pdf . trustpower . 15 may 2016 . major shareholders . trustpower . retrieved 23 september 2016 . contract to purchase energy direct nz now unconditional . nzx . 14 june 2013 . retrieved 15 march 2014 . trustpower becomes new majority shareholder in kce changes to kce board . king country energy . 7 december 2015 . a b trustpower opens australian wind farm press release . trustpower . 2 november 2008 . a b porter david 13 november 2014 . powered up to expand green charge . new zealand herald . dundonnell wind farm proposed project . trustpower . salt creek wind farm proposed project . trustpower . trustpower decides not to proceed with myponga wind farm press release . trustpower . 10 september 2009 . retrieved 2010 10 16 . wikinews has related news trustpower plans to build new windfarm in new zealand external links edit official website v t e electricity companies in new zealand generation contact energy genesis energy mercury energy meridian energy nova energy trustpower king country energy new zealand energy transmission transpower distribution north island centralines counties power eastland network electra horizon energy distribution northpower powerco scanpower the lines company top energy unison networks vector waipa networks wel networks wellington electricity south island alpine energy aurora energy buller electricity electricity ashburton electricity invercargill mainpower marlborough lines nelson electricity network tasman network waitaki orion otagonet joint venture the power company westpower retail contact energy ecotricity electra energy electric kiwi energy direct energy online genesis energy giving energy globug king country energy megaenergy mercury energy meridian energy nova energy opunake hydro p2power paua to the people payless energy powershop pulse energy tiny mighty power trustpower regulation and operation commerce commission electricity authority energy efficiency and conservation authority ministry of business innovation and employment transpower electricity sector in new zealand list of power stations in new zealand v t e nzx 50 companies of new zealand as of september 19 2016 a2 milk company air new zealand anz argosy property auckland international airport chorus coats contact energy ebos fisher & paykel healthcare fletcher building fonterra shareholders fund 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