A distinctive feature of this power station is the 105 m high natural draft cooling tower, the only one of its kind in New Zealand.

In 2013, the Waikato Regional Council granted resource consents for a term of 35 years and for a take of 40,000 tonnes per day of geothermal fluid.

[2] The plant is located adjacent to the Ohaaki Marae (Ngāti Tahu) on the banks of the Waikato River in New Zealand.

Gradual sinking of the marae has been attributed to draw-off of geothermal fluids by the power station.

[3] In the 1960s, the marae was moved to its present location because the previous site was flooded when the dam for the Ohakuri Power Station was filled.