Gateway Generating Station
Gateway Generating Station, formerly Contra Costa Unit 8 Power Project, is a combined-cycle, natural-gas-fired power station in Contra Costa County, California, which provides power to half a million customers in northern and central California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Power station
- Description: natural gas-fired power station in California
- Also known as: “Contra Costa Power Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Antioch Bridge and Antioch station.
Antioch Bridge
Bridge
The Antioch Bridge is an automobile, bicycle, and pedestrian bridge in the western United States. Located in northern California, it crosses the San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel, linking Antioch in Contra Costa County with Sherman Island in southern Sacramento County, near Rio Vista. Antioch Bridge is situated 1 mile northeast of Gateway Generating Station.
Antioch station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Antioch station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station on the Yellow Line. It is located in the median of Highway 4 at Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch, California. Antioch station is the eastern terminus of the BART to Antioch section of the line. Antioch station is situated 2 miles southwest of Gateway Generating Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakley and Antioch.
Oakley
Oakley is in the east part of Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area to the east of Antioch.
Antioch
Antioch is the third-most populous city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.
Sand Hill
Hamlet
Sand Hill is a former unincorporated community now annexed to Oakley in Contra Costa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 43 feet. It is west of Knightsten on the far edge of the county. Sand Hill is situated 4½ miles southeast of Gateway Generating Station.
Gateway Generating Station
- Categories: combined cycle power station, natural gas-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.01635° or 38° 0′ 59″ northLongitude
-121.75868° or 121° 45′ 31″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Inception
January 2009Operator
Pacific Gas and Electric CompanyOpen location code
84CW268R+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 936123966OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialGeoNames ID
7141868Wikidata ID
Q104853854
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In Other Languages
“Gateway Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “গেটওয়ে জেনারেটিং স্টেশন”
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