Power plants in Minnesota

786 operating power projects with 19,790 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.

Nameplate capacity

Counties with a plant

Power markets: MISO prices

Capacity by fuel

Natural gas · 6,361 MW · 36 Wind · 4,962 MW · 120 Coal · 3,251 MW · 7 Solar · 2,173 MW · 543 Nuclear · 1,871 MW · 2Other fuels · 938 MW · 53Hydro · 212 MW · 22 Battery storage · 21 MW · 3

MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.

Largest power plants in Minnesota

Top 50 · All 786 plants

Plant	Primary fuel	MW	County	Operator
Sherburne County	Coal	1,704	Sherburne	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Prairie Island	Nuclear	1,186	Goodhue	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Clay Boswell	Coal	923	Itasca	ALLETE, Inc.
Mankato Energy Center	Natural gas	741	Blue Earth	MEC Holdings, LLC
Monticello Nuclear Facility	Nuclear	685	Wright	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
High Bridge	Natural gas	644	Ramsey	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Allen S King	Coal	598	Washington	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Riverside (MN)	Natural gas	586	Hennepin	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Black Dog	Natural gas	563	Dakota	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Lakefield Junction	Natural gas	536	Martin	Great River Energy

Minnesota power plants by fuel

Solar farms in Minnesota545 plants · 2,172 MW Wind farms in Minnesota121 plants · 4,961 MW Battery storage projects in Minnesota5 projects · 21 MW Natural gas power plants in Minnesota40 plants · 6,360 MW Coal power plants in Minnesota7 plants · 3,251 MW Nuclear power plants in Minnesota2 plants · 1,871 MW Hydroelectric power plants in Minnesota22 plants · 203 MW

Newest plants in Minnesota

Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.

Northern SunSolar · 1 MW · Rice County · August 2026 Sherco Solar IIISolar · 250 MW · Sherburne County · June 2026 ByllesbyHydro · 4.4 MW · Dakota County · June 2026 Novel Bo Hu 1 Solar (CSG)Solar · 1 MW · Rice County · January 2026 Novel Brock Solar LLC CSGSolar · 1 MW · Yellow Medicine County · December 2025 Novel Stumpf 1 Solar CSGSolar · 1 MW · Goodhue County · December 2025

Counties with the most capacity

Sherburne County33 plants · 2,670 MW Goodhue County31 plants · 1,606 MW Mower County9 plants · 1,145 MW Lincoln County25 plants · 1,052 MW Dakota County28 plants · 1,038 MW Itasca County4 plants · 955 MW Washington County18 plants · 924 MW Martin County6 plants · 834 MW Blue Earth County20 plants · 819 MW

Largest operators in Minnesota

Northern States Power Co - Minnesota27 plants · 8,899 MW

Great River Energy9 plants · 1,521 MW

ALLETE, Inc.18 plants · 1,305 MW

EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.5 plants · 812 MW

MEC Holdings, LLC1 plant · 741 MW

Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.

All 786 plants in Minnesota, by county

Detroit Lakes Oil · 12.5 MW

Solway CT Natural gas · 50 MW

New Ulm Oil · 72.5 MW
Springfield (MN) Oil · 7.2 MW

Sappi Cloquet Mill Wood biomass · 94.5 MW
Thomson Hydro · 72.6 MW
Moose Lake Oil · 8.9 MW
Knife Falls Hydro · 2.4 MW
Scanlon Hydro · 1.2 MW
MP CSG 1 LLC Solar · 1 MW

Sylvan Solar Solar · 15.2 MW
Sylvan Hydro · 1.8 MW
Pillager Hydro · 0.8 MW

Big Blue Wind · 36 MW
Blue Earth Oil · 11 MW
Wells IC Natural gas · 9 MW
CF Novel Solar CSG Gardens Two, LLC Solar · 1.8 MW
Blue Breezes LLC Wind · 1.3 MW
Blue Breezes II LLC Wind · 1.3 MW

Fillmore County Solar Project Solar · 45 MW
Spring Valley Oil · 7.1 MW
Preston (MN) Natural gas · 3.7 MW
Hazel Solar · 3 MW
Fountain Solar · 3 MW
Lanesboro Oil · 2.6 MW
Rushford Village Solar · 1 MW

Cambridge CT Hybrid Natural gas · 194.3 MW
Athens MN CONX Solar · 6.6 MW
Athens BESS Battery storage · 6 MW
Santee Solar Partners, LLC Solar · 3.3 MW
Athens - Coopers Corner BESS Battery storage · 3 MW
GRE Cambridge Solar Solar · 2 MW

Mora Oil · 13.8 MW
SMMPA Methane Energy Facility Landfill gas · 1.6 MW

Winton Hydro · 4 MW

Lakefield Junction Natural gas · 535.8 MW
Elm Creek Wind II LLC Wind · 148.8 MW
Trimont Area Wind Farm Wind · 100.5 MW
Fairmont (MN) Natural gas · 39 MW
Fairmont Wind Wind · 5.4 MW
OREG 3 Inc Other fuels · 5 MW

Princeton (MN) Oil · 12.3 MW

Blanchard Hydro · 18 MW
Camp Ripley Solar Solar · 10.9 MW
Little Falls (MN) Hydro · 4.6 MW

High Bridge Natural gas · 644 MW
St Paul Cogeneration Wood biomass · 37 MW
Twin Cities Hydro LLC Hydro · 18 MW

Prairie Rose Wind Farm Wind · 200 MW
Walleye Wind Wind · 110 MW
Luverne Oil · 9.7 MW
Rock County Wind Fuel, LLC Wind · 5 MW
Minwind Wind · 3.8 MW

Blue Lake Natural gas · 362 MW
Shakopee Energy Park Natural gas · 46.5 MW
Koda Biomass Plant Biomass · 23.4 MW
Blue Lake Solar Solar · 3 MW
Schultz CSG Solar · 1.8 MW
Shakopee Met Council WTP Solar · 1.3 MW
MSC-Scott01 LLC Solar · 1 MW
Linden 01 CSG Solar · 1 MW
Linden 02 CSG Solar · 1 MW
Linden 03 CSG Solar · 1 MW

Syl Laskin Natural gas · 116 MW
M L Hibbard Wood biomass · 72.8 MW
Hibbing Natural gas · 35.9 MW
Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center Wind · 25 MW
Fond Du Lac Hydro · 12 MW
Laskin Solar Solar · 5.6 MW
Jean Duluth Solar Solar · 1.6 MW

St James Oil · 12 MW
Madelia Oil · 11.8 MW

Questions about power plants in Minnesota

How many power plants are in Minnesota?

EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 786 operating power projects in Minnesota, with 19,790 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.

What is the largest power plant in Minnesota?

Sherburne County in Sherburne County, with 1,704 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is Prairie Island, with 1,186.2 MW.

How much of Minnesota's capacity is wind?

4,962 MW, about 25% of nameplate capacity. 120 projects have wind as their primary fuel.

Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources

Power plants in Minnesota

Capacity by fuel

Largest power plants in Minnesota

Minnesota power plants by fuel

Newest plants in Minnesota

Counties with the most capacity

Largest operators in Minnesota

All 786 plants in Minnesota, by county

Anoka County 3 plants

Becker County 1 plant

Beltrami County 1 plant

Benton County 16 plants

Blue Earth County 20 plants

Brown County 2 plants

Carlton County 6 plants

Carver County 19 plants

Cass County 3 plants

Chippewa County 16 plants

Chisago County 43 plants

Clay County 11 plants

Cook County 2 plants

Cottonwood County 6 plants

Crow Wing County 3 plants

Dakota County 28 plants

Dodge County 18 plants

Douglas County 4 plants

Faribault County 6 plants

Fillmore County 7 plants

Freeborn County 7 plants

Goodhue County 31 plants

Grant County 1 plant

Hennepin County 9 plants

Houston County 2 plants

Isanti County 6 plants

Itasca County 4 plants

Jackson County 9 plants

Kanabec County 2 plants

Kandiyohi County 12 plants

Koochiching County 2 plants

Lake County 1 plant

Le Sueur County 13 plants

Lincoln County 25 plants

Lyon County 14 plants

Martin County 6 plants

McLeod County 20 plants

Meeker County 6 plants

Mille Lacs County 1 plant

Morrison County 3 plants

Mower County 9 plants

Murray County 13 plants

Nicollet County 9 plants

Nobles County 10 plants

Olmsted County 15 plants

Otter Tail County 3 plants

Pennington County 1 plant

Pine County 2 plants

Pipestone County 29 plants

Polk County 2 plants

Pope County 19 plants

Ramsey County 3 plants

Red Lake County 1 plant

Redwood County 12 plants

Renville County 28 plants

Rice County 31 plants

Rock County 5 plants

Scott County 10 plants

Sherburne County 33 plants

Sibley County 5 plants

St Louis County 7 plants

Stearns County 42 plants

Steele County 12 plants

Stevens County 2 plants

Swift County 1 plant

Wabasha County 10 plants

Waseca County 21 plants

Washington County 18 plants

Watonwan County 2 plants

Winona County 13 plants

Wright County 25 plants

Yellow Medicine County 4 plants