Riverside Generating Station, Minneapolis

Riverside Generating Station power plant with tall exhaust stacks and transmission towers at night in Minneapolis.
Riverside Generating Station power plant with tall exhaust stacks and transmission towers at night in Minneapolis.

Riverside Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant located along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The facility is owned and operated by Xcel Energy. It supplies electricity to the regional grid serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The plant's cooling towers and turbine exhaust stacks are visible landmarks along the riverfront.

Photo taken in February 2021.

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