Pleasant Prairie Power Plant

Pleasant Prairie Power Plant was a 1.21-gigawatt coal power plant located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. In 2009, it was listed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration as the largest generating station in Wisconsin and generated roughly 13% of Wisconsin's electricity, burning around 13,000 tons of coal daily.

Type: Brownfield land
Description: power plant in Wisconsin
Also known as: “Pleasant Prairie kraftverk”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Christian Life School.

Christian Life School

School

Christian Life School is an independent, evangelical… Christian Life School is situated 2½ miles northwest of Pleasant Prairie Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pleasant Prairie and Russell.

Pleasant Prairie

Town

Pleasant Prairie is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. Pleasant Prairie is situated 3 miles southeast of Pleasant Prairie Power Plant.

Russell

Hamlet

Russell is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Russell is situated 3½ miles south of Pleasant Prairie Power Plant.

Kenosha

Photo: Keith Cooper, CC BY 2.0.

Kenosha is Wisconsin's fourth largest city.

Pleasant Prairie Power Plant

Categories: coal-fired power station, oil-fired power station, and industry
Location: Village of Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.54453° or 42° 32′ 40″ north

Longitude

-87.9051° or 87° 54′ 18″ west

Elevation

686 feet (209 metres)

Established

June 1980

Operator

Wisconsin Electric Power Co

Open location code

86JJG3VV+RX

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=brownfield

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Pleasant Prairie Power Plant” goes by many names.

Norwegian Bokmål: “Pleasant Prairie kullkraftverk”
Norwegian: “Pleasant Prairie kullkraftverk”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Country Homes and Bain Station.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Pleasant Prairie Substation and Bain.

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