🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Minnesota

Minnesota operates 42 natural gas power plants totaling 6,655 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 13.7M MWh.

Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.

Where natural gas plants sit in Minnesota

All Minnesota natural gas plants

Plant	City	County	Capacity	Operator
Mankato Energy Center	Mankato	Blue Earth County	741 MW	Mec Holdings, Llc
High Bridge	St. Paul	Ramsey County	644 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Riverside (Mn)	Minneapolis	Hennepin County	586 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Black Dog	Burnsville	Dakota County	563 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Blue Lake	Shakopee	Scott County	559 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Lakefield Junction	Trimont	Martin County	538 MW	Great River Energy
Pleasant Valley (Mn)	Dexter	Mower County	468 MW	Great River Energy
Cannon Falls Energy Center	Cannon Falls	Goodhue County	347 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
Faribault Energy Park	Faribault	Rice County	335 MW	Minnesota Municipal Power Agny
Inver Hills	Inver Grove Heights	Dakota County	284 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Lsp-Cottage Grove Lp	Cottage Grove	Washington County	284 MW	Cottage Grove Operating Services Llc
Cambridge Ct Hybrid	Cambridge	Isanti County	194 MW	Great River Energy
Elk River	Elk River	Sherburne County	191 MW	Great River Energy
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, Llc	Rosemount	Dakota County	118 MW	Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, Llc
Syl Laskin	Hoyt Lakes	St Louis County	116 MW	Allete, Inc.
Hutchinson Plant #2	Hutchinson	Mcleod County	91 MW	Hutchinson Utilities Comm
Cascade Creek	Rochester	Olmsted County	85 MW	Rochester Public Utilities
Solway Ct	Solway	Beltrami County	51 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
Minnesota River	Chaska	Carver County	49 MW	Minnesota Municipal Power Agny
Westside Energy Station	Rochester	Olmsted County	47 MW	Rochester Public Utilities
Shakopee Energy Park	Shakopee	Scott County	47 MW	Minnesota Municipal Power Agny
Fairmont (Mn)	Fairmont	Martin County	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
Owatonna Energy Station	Owatonna	Steele County	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
Hibbing	Hibbing	St Louis County	36 MW	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
Franklin Heating Station	Rochester	Olmsted County	34 MW	Franklin Heating Station
Hutchinson Plant #1	Hutchinson	Mcleod County	28 MW	Hutchinson Utilities Comm
Rapids Energy Center	Grand Rapids	Itasca County	28 MW	Allete, Inc.
Univ Minnesota Chp Plant	Minneapolis	Hennepin County	21 MW	University Of Minnesota Central Utilities
Owatonna	Owatonna	Steele County	19 MW	City Of Owatonna - (Mn)
New Prague	New Prague	Le Sueur County	17 MW	New Prague Utilities Comm
Saint Marys Hospital Power Plant	Rochester	Olmsted County	16 MW	St Mary's Hospital
Southeast Steam Plant	Minneapolis	Hennepin County	13 MW	University Of Minnesota Central Utilities
Wells Ic	Wells	Faribault County	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
Redwood Falls	Redwood Falls	Redwood County	9 MW	Redwood Falls Public Util Comm
Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal	Lake Crystal	Blue Earth County	7 MW	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal
Preston (Mn)	Preston	Fillmore County	4 MW	Preston Public Utilities Comm
Fox Lake	Sherburn	Martin County	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
Granite City	St. Cloud	Benton County	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Key City	Mankato	Blue Earth County	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Minnesota Valley	Granite Falls	Chippewa County	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
West Fairbault	Faribault	Rice County	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Eks Landfill	Burnsville	Dakota County	—	Wm Renewable Energy Llc

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