Power

5 photos · 2017–2022

5 photographs tagged Power, 2017–2022.

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Recreational boats travel on the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minnesota, with the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant visible across the water at sunset.
The Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant sits on the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minnesota, on land within the Prairie Island Indian Community's reservation. Xcel Energy operates the two-reactor plant, which began generating power in the early 1970s and supplies electricity to the Twin Cities region.

Boats Heading Toward Prairie Island Nuclear Plant at Sunset

Riverside Generating Station, a natural gas power plant on Minneapolis's Mississippi River, illuminated at dusk with tall exhaust stacks and transmission towers.
Riverside Generating Station sits on the Mississippi River in northeast Minneapolis, converted from coal to natural gas in 2009. Xcel Energy operates the plant, which supplies electricity to the Twin Cities regional grid. Transmission towers along the riverbank carry power from the station into the surrounding distribution network.

Riverside Generating Station at Dusk Along the Mississippi

Steel framework structures of an Xcel Energy electrical substation in St. Paul, Minnesota.
An Xcel Energy electrical substation located near downtown St. Paul. The facility contains multiple steel framework structures and transmission equipment used to distribute power throughout the region.

Xcel Energy Substation, St. Paul

Industrial pipes and metal staircase at University of Minnesota's Main Energy Plant facility.
The Main Energy Plant, on the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus along the Mississippi River, generates steam and electricity for the Twin Cities campus through a combined heat and power system.

Steam Pipes and Stairwell, Main Energy Plant, University of Minnesota

Overhead steel piping fills the multi-level boiler room of the former NSP power plant in Granite Falls, Minnesota.
This boiler room is part of the former Northern States Power (NSP) generating plant in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Overhead steel pipe runs carried steam and process fluids between boilers, turbines, and auxiliary equipment throughout the structure's multi-level interior. The plant has since been demolished.

Boiler Room Piping, Granite Falls NSP Power Plant

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