The Metcalf Energy Center is a 605 megawatt combined cycle power plant located in Silicon Valley, located in unincorporated Coyote Valley, south of San Jose, California and north of Morgan Hill, Calif
View of plants thermal condenser towers from Coyote Creek Trail, September 22, 2012
Aerial view of Metcalf Energy Center and Metcalf Substation (and RV storage lot)
Path 15 is an 84-mile portion of the north–south power transmission corridor in California, U.S. It forms a part of the Pacific AC Intertie and the California-Oregon Transmission Project. Path 15 is p
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…California. The power plant is owned by Calpine and powered by natural gas. Some of the power generated by the plant is sent to far away places via Path 15, a major electrical power transmission corridor that is connected to the power plant. The power plant was the location of a sniper attack in 2013…
A silhouette of Path 15 with C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) in the night sky. This image was taken near the Little Panoche Reservoir along County Route J1 in western Fresno County.
The Los Banos substation.
Rare dual-circuit 500 kV tower (right) (operated by WAPA) and smaller dual-circuit 230 kV tower (left) (operated by Modesto Irrigation District), crossing I-580.