Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eóin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Electrical generator
- Description: Waste-to-energy power station in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Also known as: “HERC”
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 Hennepin Energy Recovery Center.
Target Field
Railway station
Photo: Jerry Huddleston, CC BY 2.0.
Target Field station is a multimodal commuter train and 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 680 feet east of Hennepin Energy Recovery Center.
Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue
Railway station
The Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue station is a light rail station on the Blue Line and Green Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the original northern terminus of the Blue Line until the new Target Field station opened on November 14, 2009 to provide access to the new Northstar Commuter Rail line. Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Hennepin Energy Recovery Center.
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.
Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
- Categories: waste-to-energy power station, building, and industry
- Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.98309° or 44° 58′ 59″ northLongitude
-93.27981° or 93° 16′ 47″ westOpen location code
86P8XPMC+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 45498322OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q123998097
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hennepin Energy Recovery Center”. Photo: Eóin, CC BY-SA 4.0.