Kendall Cogeneration Station

The Kendall facility is an energy facility owned by Vicinity Energy that produces steam and electricity to the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Owned by GenOn Energy in 2012, in 2013 Veolia Energy North America purchased the plant from NRG Energy.

Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Power station
Description: power station in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Also known as: “Kendall Square Cogeneration Station”
Address: 265 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02142

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include TD Garden and Massachusetts General Hospital.

TD Garden

Stadium

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TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. TD Garden is situated 1 mile east of Kendall Cogeneration Station.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Hospital

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Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvard University, and houses the world's largest hospital-based research program with an annual research budget of more than $1.2 billion in 2021. Massachusetts General Hospital is situated 3,000 feet east of Kendall Cogeneration Station.

Athenaeum Press

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY 3.0.

Athenæum Press is an historic building located at 215 First Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The structure occupies the entire block between First Street, Second Street, Athenæum Street, and Linskey Way, which was formerly known as Munroe Street. Athenaeum Press is situated 400 feet northeast of Kendall Cogeneration Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendall Square and East Cambridge.

Kendall Square

Locality

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Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.

East Cambridge

Suburb

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East Cambridge is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. East Cambridge is bounded by the Charles River and the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston on the east, the Somerville border on the north, Broadway and Main Street on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west.

Beacon Hill

Suburb

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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

Kendall Cogeneration Station

Categories: combined heat and power station, natural gas-fired power station, oil-fired power station, and industry
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.36335° or 42° 21′ 48″ north

Longitude

-71.08002° or 71° 4′ 48″ west

Inception

June 1949

Operator

Veolia

Open location code

87JC9W79+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 891350340

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q18152906

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