Navajo Generating Station
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Navajo Generating Station is a coal-fired powerplant with a power of 2280 megawatts at Page, Arizona, USA (Geograpical coordinates: ). Navajo Generating Station has three 236 meter high chimneys, which are the tallest structures in Arizona. This plant provides electrical power to customers in Arizona, Nevada, and California. It was assembled during the 1970s and began producing commercial power in 1975. The construction costs were $650 million, with an additional $420 million for new environmental scrubbers.
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.
It is common to see a yellowish haze streak across the sky at the same elevation as the smoke stacks above Page. An oily film also commonly accumulates on the windshields of cars in the area. Pollution from the plant has lowered visibity at the Grand Canyon National Park. It has been speculated that the higher than average rates of cancer in the area may be associated with the power plant's emissions.
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