> That's not all that much

May not be much in world terms but here in NZ national demand maxes out at around 5.5GW so bringing another GW on stream would be quite handy. Most of the geothermal is a lot closer to Auckland* than our hydro is so so that would be another positive aspect.

* Auckland has 25% of the population so a corresponding amount of energy has to be pushed its way.

> That's not all that much.

We don’t have many people. It gets worse’s though, we burn coal and are looking to fund a gas terminal. We have abundant other ways of generating power and subsidise an aluminium smelter for some reason.

Coming up next, data centres.

‘Clean, Green New Zealand.’

Is there any earthquake risk from drilling near tectonic plates?