Environmental Responsibility
King Country Energy takes our environmental responsibility seriously, especially when it comes to maintaining the environment around our hydro power stations.
One example of the types of environmental programmes we have initiated is the extensive fish monitoring and fish passage trialling programmes we have put in place. These programmes – required under our resource consents – have led KCE to become an expert in effective, simple fish transfer systems.
During the last season, it was estimated over 500 migrating eels successfully bypassed our stations, using the fish passages KCE has built. These eels are migrating to the oceans where their young (elvers) are born.
Following birth, the elvers begin the migration back up the rivers through the upstream passages. This year it was estimated 220,000 elvers safely moved upstream past the power stations.