Navajo Generating Station
It's certainly odd to see these gigantic smokestacks in the middle of almost nowhere.
Navajo Generating Station is a coal-fired powerplant with a power of 2280 megawatts located on the Navajo Indian Reservation, near Page, Arizona, USA. The three 774 ft (236 meter) high chimneys, are among the tallest structures in Arizona. This plant provides electrical power to customers in Arizona, Nevada, and California. It was assembled and began producing commercial power in 1975. The construction costs totaled over $1 billion.
The power plant is served by coal mined at the Kayenta Mine near Kayenta, Arizona, and hauled by the Black Mesa and Lake Powell railroad. The Kayenta mine ships about 8 million tons of coal each year to the power plant.
The Navajo Plant emits 19.9 million tons of CO2 per year.
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2018 Edit: I've replaced the original gaudy image, with this more realistic version. I don't know what I was smoking back in 2009, but it wasn't good.
Navajo Generating Station
It's certainly odd to see these gigantic smokestacks in the middle of almost nowhere.
Navajo Generating Station is a coal-fired powerplant with a power of 2280 megawatts located on the Navajo Indian Reservation, near Page, Arizona, USA. The three 774 ft (236 meter) high chimneys, are among the tallest structures in Arizona. This plant provides electrical power to customers in Arizona, Nevada, and California. It was assembled and began producing commercial power in 1975. The construction costs totaled over $1 billion.
The power plant is served by coal mined at the Kayenta Mine near Kayenta, Arizona, and hauled by the Black Mesa and Lake Powell railroad. The Kayenta mine ships about 8 million tons of coal each year to the power plant.
The Navajo Plant emits 19.9 million tons of CO2 per year.
Wikipedia
2018 Edit: I've replaced the original gaudy image, with this more realistic version. I don't know what I was smoking back in 2009, but it wasn't good.