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Ruakākā Energy Park: Battery & Solar

Meridian Energy (NZX-listed, majority state-owned) · Northland

Meridian's energy park at Ruakākā, south of Marsden Point: a 100MW grid-scale battery with two hours of storage, completed in May 2025, and a 130MW solar farm under construction from August 2025. The $413m shown is the sum of the two published figures, $186m for the battery and $227m for the solar farm, not a single park total.

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Strongest delivery signals Data: High
Delivery Confidence Score, 0 to 100, higher is better: a ranking of how strong this project's delivery signals are, not a probability. It blends eight factors, including the election risk and policy alignment shown below.
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Data current as at 16 Sept 2026, when the pipeline was last checked against its source.

Key facts

Region
Northland
Sector
Energy
Status
Under Construction
Estimated value
$413m
Indicative completion
2027
Funding status
Fully Funded
Lead organisation
Meridian Energy (NZX-listed, majority state-owned)
Election risk
Safe

Election risk assessment

Commercial renewable investment by Meridian, under construction and not dependent on government funding.

Government priority alignment

HIGH: Grid-scale renewable generation and storage supporting the electricity transition.

Recent changes

Chronology

Source

Meridian Energy ↗ · Meridian: completion of Ruakākā Battery Energy Storage System ↗ · Meridian: proceeding with the $227m Ruakākā solar farm ↗

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