Aurora Power Plant
Aurora Power Plant is a power station in Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois which is located on North Eola Road. Aurora Power Plant is situated nearby to the pitch S. A. Rios Soccer Complex, as well as near Big Woods Cemetery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Power station
- Also known as: “Aurora Generating Station”
- Address: 2909 North Eola Road, Aurora, IL 60504
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Big Woods School and Fermilab.
Big Woods School
Residential building
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Big Woods School is a historic one-room schoolhouse located at 3033 N. Eola Road in Aurora, Illinois. The school was built in 1917–18 to replace the original Big Woods School, which was built in the mid-19th century and had fallen into disrepair. Big Woods School is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Aurora Power Plant.
Fermilab
Research institute
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located in Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics. Fermilab is situated 2 miles northwest of Aurora Power Plant.
Metea Valley High School
School
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Metea Valley High School is a high school in Aurora, Illinois that opened in August 2009 in DuPage County. The school is one of four high schools operated by the Indian Prairie School District. Waubonsie Valley High School is also in Aurora, while Neuqua Valley High School and Wheatland Academy are in Naperville. Metea Valley High School is situated 1½ miles south of Aurora Power Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warrenville and Winfield.
Warrenville
Town
Warrenville is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,195 at the 2024 special census. Warrenville is a far west suburb of Chicago on the DuPage River. Warrenville is situated 2½ miles east of Aurora Power Plant.
Winfield
Town
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Winfield is an incorporated village located in Milton and Winfield Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The DuPage River headwaters are located directly to the north, and the river runs through the village. Winfield is situated 4½ miles northeast of Aurora Power Plant.
West Chicago
West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census. It was formerly named Junction and later Turner Junction, after its founder, John Bice Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad in 1855.Aurora Power Plant
- Categories: gas turbine power station, natural gas-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.81527° or 41° 48′ 55″ northLongitude
-88.22657° or 88° 13′ 36″ westInception
2001Operator
NRG EnergyOpen location code
86HHRQ8F+49OpenStreetMap ID
way 164422336OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q11959671
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In Other Languages
From German to Norwegian Bokmål—“Aurora Power Plant” goes by many names.
- German: “Gaskraftwerk Aurora”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aurora gasskraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Aurora gasskraftverk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include S. A. Rios Soccer Complex and Big Woods Cemetery.
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