Meridian Energy
Meridian Energy Limited is a New Zealand state-owned electricity generator and retailer. The company generates the largest proportion of New Zealand's electricity, generating 32 percent of the country's electricity in the year ending 31 December 2009, and is the fourth-equal largest retailer, with 12 percent of market share in terms of customer as of December 2009.
Meridian owns and operates nine hydroelectric power stations and one wind farm in the South Island of New Zealand, three wind farms in the North Island, and one wind farm each on Ross Island, Antarctica and in South Australia. It is one of two major electricity generators to only generate electricity from renewable sources (the other being TrustPower), and the only electricity generator in New Zealand to commit itself to only generate electricity from renewable sources.
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