Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant

The Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant is a natural gas power plant in Santa Clara, California, operated by Silicon Valley Power. Located near the San Jose International Airport it began operations in 2005 with a peak capacity of 147 megawatts.

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Type: Power station
Description: natural gas power plant in California
Also known as: “Donald von Raesfeld Power Plant”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden State Baptist College and Memorial Cross Park.

Golden State Baptist College

College

Golden State Baptist College is an unaccredited independent Baptist Bible college in Santa Clara, California, offering bachelor's degrees and master's degree programs in fields related to Christian ministry. Golden State Baptist College is situated 4,200 feet north of Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant.

Memorial Cross Park

Park

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Memorial Cross Park, also known as Mission Cross Park, is a small 0.34-acre city park in Santa Clara, California which was the second, temporary site of the Mission Santa Clara de Asís, from 1779 to 1784.

Granada Islamic School

School

Granada Islamic School is a K-12 school in Santa Clara, California established in 1988 by the Muslim Community Association. Granada Islamic School is the largest Islamic school in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges. Granada Islamic School is situated 2,800 feet west of Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agnew and Santa Clara.

Agnew

Hamlet

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Agnew's Village was a small unincorporated village in what is now Santa Clara, California. It was named for Abram Agnew, a Santa Clara Valley pioneer from Ohio who settled there around 1873.

Santa Clara

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Santa Clara is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Located in the southern San Francisco Bay Area, it was founded by the Spanish in 1777 with the establishment of Mission Santa Clara de Asís under the leadership of Junípero Serra.

College Park

Neighborhood

Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

College Park is a historic neighborhood of Central San Jose, California, located within the greater district of The Alameda. College Park is situated 3 miles southeast of Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant.

Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant

Categories: natural gas-fired power station and industry
Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.37627° or 37° 22′ 35″ north

Longitude

-121.95054° or 121° 57′ 2″ west

Inception

March 2005

Operator

City of Santa Clara - (CA)

Open location code

849W92GX+GQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 120346263

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q18352290

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Slovenian—“Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant” goes by many names.

French: “Centrale électrique Donald Von Raesfeld”
German: “Kraftwerk Donald Von Raesfeld”
Slovenian: “Elektrarna Donald Von Raesfeld”

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