Covanta Hennepin Energy

Covanta Hennepin Energy is a power station in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. Covanta Hennepin Energy is situated nearby to the electrical generator Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, as well as near the railway station Target Field - Platform 2.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Target Center and Target Field.

Target Center

Stadium

Photo: Mulad, Public domain.

Target Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Minneapolis that opened in 1990. It hosts major family shows, concerts, sporting events, graduations and private events. Target Center is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Covanta Hennepin Energy.

Target Field

Railway station

Photo: Jerry Huddleston, CC BY 2.0.

Target Field station is a light rail station in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Located in the North Loop area of Downtown Minneapolis, the station is named for Target Field, the Minnesota Twins baseball stadium. Target Field is situated 820 feet east of Covanta Hennepin Energy.

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center

Electrical generator

Photo: Eóin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center also called HERC is a waste-to-energy plant in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Following changes to state law in 1980 that prioritized incinerating garbage over directly filling landfills, HERC was developed and began generating electricity in 1989.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Loop and Sumner-Glenwood.

North Loop

Neighborhood

Photo: Mulad, Public domain.

The North Loop is a neighborhood in the Central community of Minneapolis. Commonly referred to as The Warehouse District, the neighborhood was Minneapolis's main commercial district during the city's years as a midwestern shipping hub.

Sumner-Glenwood

Neighborhood

Sumner-Glenwood is a neighborhood in the Near North community of Minneapolis. The neighborhood is roughly contained by 15 city blocks bordered to the north by 11th Avenue North, to the south by Glenwood Avenue, to the east by Interstate 94, and to the west by both Girard Terrace and Emerson Avenue North.

Downtown West

Neighborhood

Downtown West is an official neighborhood in Minneapolis, part of the larger Central community. It is the heart of downtown Minneapolis, containing the bulk of high-rise office buildings in the city, and is what comes to mind when most Minneapolitans think of "downtown".

Covanta Hennepin Energy

Type: Power station
Category: industry
Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.98285° or 44° 58′ 58″ north

Longitude

-93.28032° or 93° 16′ 49″ west

Inception

October 1989

Operator

Covanta Energy Co

Open location code

86P8XPM9+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 44684858

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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