Jamie GrayBusiness Reporter·NZ Herald·21 May, 2026 02:33 AM2 mins to readContact Eenrgy chief executive Mike Fuge, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, and Contact chairman Rob McDonald at the official opening of the Glenbrook Ohurua Battery one - Contact's first grid-scale battery. Photo / Contact Contact Energy has officially opened its first grid-scale battery at Glenbrook, South Auckland, which it says will power the equivalent of 44,000 homes for up to two hours at peak demand.
The Glenbrook Ohurua Battery one will produce, at full capacity, 100 megawatts of electricity from largely renewable energy sources,
