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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Christian Life School.
Christian Life School
School
Christian Life School is an independent, evangelical, interdenominational, co-educational, college-preparatory school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the United States. 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. Located along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan, Pleasant Prairie was home to 21,250 people at the 2020 census. 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. The community is located on Russell Road, a few miles east of Interstate 94, and was named for industrialist and political figure Russell Sage, who was connected with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. 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. It is in the state's southeast region. Many of its residents commute to jobs elsewhere, leading to its appellation as "Chicago's northernmost suburb."…
Pleasant Prairie Power Plant
- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: power plant in Wisconsin
- 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.54453° or 42° 32′ 40″ northLongitude
-87.9051° or 87° 54′ 18″ westElevation
686 feet (209 metres)Inception
June 1980Operator
Wisconsin Electric Power CoOpen location code
86JJG3VV+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 286184596OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfield
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Pleasant Prairie Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pleasant Prairie kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pleasant Prairie kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Pleasant Prairie kullkraftverk”
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