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
Locality
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 Minneapolis
Photo: Joel Penner, CC BY 2.0.
Downtown is the central business district of Minneapolis. It is sprinkled with architecturally interesting skyscrapers, most of which are interconnected, mainly on the second level above the street level, by a growing web of skyways, now approaching eight miles in total length.
Covanta Hennepin Energy
- Type: Power station
- Category: industry
- Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.98285° or 44° 58′ 58″ northLongitude
-93.28032° or 93° 16′ 49″ westInception
October 1989Operator
Covanta Energy CoOpen location code
86P8XPM9+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 44684858OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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