Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility
The Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility is a power plant in San Jose, California, operated by Calpine. Located near the San Jose-Milpitas border, it began operations in 2003 with an initial capacity of 188 megawatts.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cisco Way station and University of Silicon Valley.
Cisco Way station
Railway station
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
Cisco Way station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. This station is served by the Orange Line of the VTA light rail system. Cisco Way station is situated 1 mile south of Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility.
University of Silicon Valley
University
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The University of Silicon Valley is a private for-profit university university in San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley. Founded in 1887 as Cogswell Technical School, and later known as Cogswell Polytechnical College. University of Silicon Valley is situated 1 mile southwest of Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility.
Baypointe station
Railway station
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
Baypointe station is an at-grade light rail station located in the center median of Tasman Drive at its intersection with Baypointe Parkway, after which the station is named, in San Jose, California. Baypointe station is situated 1 mile southwest of Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milpitas and Alviso.
Milpitas
Photo: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Milpitas is in the South Bay region of the Bay Area of California. It’s between San Jose and Fremont and is home to a rapidly-growing population.
Alviso
Suburb
Photo: Vlad Butsky, CC BY 2.0.
Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is situated 2½ miles west of Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility.
Agnew
Hamlet
Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Agnew is situated 2½ miles southwest of Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility.
Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility
- Type: Power station
- Description: powerplant in San Jose, California
- Categories: natural gas-fired power station and industry
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.42508° or 37° 25′ 30″ northLongitude
-121.93212° or 121° 55′ 56″ westInception
February 2003Operator
CalpineOpen location code
849WC3G9+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 39017428OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q16934614
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