Academy Solar Power Station

Academy Solar Power Station is a power station in El Paso, Colorado. Academy Solar Power Station is situated nearby to Daniel T. Griffin Memorial Bridge, as well as near Kettle Lake No 2.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Häagen-Dazs and United States Air Force Academy Airstrip.

Häagen-Dazs

Ice cream parlor

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Häagen-Dazs is an American ice cream brand, established by Polish-Americans Reuben and Rose Mattus in The Bronx in 1960, owned by Froneri, a joint venture between Nestlé and PAI Partners. Häagen-Dazs is situated 4,000 feet northeast of Academy Solar Power Station.

United States Air Force Academy Airstrip

Aerodrome

Davis Airfield, formerly the United States Air Force Academy Airfield, is located on United States Air Force Academy. It is a military airfield near Colorado Springs, Colorado, used by the United States Air Force Academy.

Francesca’s

Clothing store

Francesca's was an American women's fashion and accessories company based in Houston, Texas. As of 2021, the company operated 466 stores across the United States, all of which have since been liquidated after the company went bankrupt twice. Francesca’s is situated 3,900 feet northeast of Academy Solar Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pikeview and United States Air Force Academy.

Pikeview

Hamlet

Pikeview is a neighborhood of Colorado Springs, annexed to the city as the "Pike View Addition" on August 1, 1962. In 1896 there was a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad station in Pikeview, and miners had begun digging a shaft for the Pikeview Coal Mine. Pikeview is situated 3 miles south of Academy Solar Power Station.

United States Air Force Academy

Locality

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The United States Air Force Academy is a United States service academy in Air Force Academy, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. United States Air Force Academy is situated 3½ miles northwest of Academy Solar Power Station.

Cragmor

Neighborhood

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Cragmor, first known as Cragmoor, is an area in central Colorado Springs, Colorado, between Templeton Gap and Austin Bluffs. A coal mining site during the 19th century, the area became known as the Cragmor around the turn of the century because the Cragmor Sanatorium was located there. Cragmor is situated 4½ miles south of Academy Solar Power Station.

Academy Solar Power Station

Type: Power station
Address: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: industry
Location: El Paso, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.95699° or 38° 57′ 25″ north

Longitude

-104.80691° or 104° 48′ 25″ west

Inception

March 2011

Operator

Solar Star Colorado II LLC

Open location code

85CQX54V+Q6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 229642348

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