Largest Power Plants in Minnesota

Minnesota has 837 power plants with a combined nameplate capacity of 20,711 MW. The table below ranks the 50 largest by installed capacity — these are the facilities with the most generation potential in the state. Nameplate capacity measures the maximum output under ideal conditions; actual generation depends on fuel cost, demand, and maintenance schedules.

For a complete list of all plants in the state, visit the Minnesota state page. To find plants near a specific address, use the address lookup.

#	Plant	State	Fuel	Capacity
1	Sherburne County	Minnesota	Coal	2,469 MW
2	Prairie Island	Minnesota	Nuclear	1,186 MW
3	Clay Boswell	Minnesota	Coal	923 MW
4	Mankato Energy Center	Minnesota	Natural Gas	741 MW
5	Monticello Nuclear Facility	Minnesota	Nuclear	685 MW
6	High Bridge	Minnesota	Natural Gas	644 MW
7	Allen S King	Minnesota	Coal	598 MW
8	Riverside (Mn)	Minnesota	Natural Gas	586 MW
9	Black Dog	Minnesota	Natural Gas	563 MW
10	Blue Lake	Minnesota	Natural Gas	559 MW
11	Lakefield Junction	Minnesota	Natural Gas	538 MW
12	Pleasant Valley (Mn)	Minnesota	Natural Gas	468 MW
13	Cannon Falls Energy Center	Minnesota	Natural Gas	347 MW
14	Faribault Energy Park	Minnesota	Natural Gas	335 MW
15	Inver Hills	Minnesota	Natural Gas	284 MW
16	Lsp-Cottage Grove Lp	Minnesota	Natural Gas	284 MW
17	Nobles 2 Wind Project	Minnesota	Wind	250 MW
18	Sherco Solar I	Minnesota	Solar	223 MW
19	Freeborn Wind Farm	Minnesota	Wind	218 MW
20	Fenton Wind Farm	Minnesota	Wind	206 MW
21	Lakefield Wind Project Llc	Minnesota	Wind	206 MW
22	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1	Minnesota	Wind	201 MW
23	Nobles Wind Project	Minnesota	Wind	201 MW
24	Prairie Rose Wind Farm	Minnesota	Wind	200 MW
25	Odell Wind Farm	Minnesota	Wind	200 MW
26	Pleasant Valley Wind Farm	Minnesota	Wind	200 MW
27	Blazing Star Wind Farm 1	Minnesota	Wind	200 MW
28	Red Pine Wind Project	Minnesota	Wind	200 MW
29	Blazing Star 2 Wind Farm	Minnesota	Wind	200 MW
30	Cambridge Ct Hybrid	Minnesota	Natural Gas	194 MW
31	Elk River	Minnesota	Natural Gas	191 MW
32	Taconite Harbor Energy Center	Minnesota	Coal	168 MW
33	Minndakota Wind Llc	Minnesota	Wind	150 MW
34	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc	Minnesota	Wind	149 MW
35	Silver Bay Power	Minnesota	Coal	132 MW
36	Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, Llc	Minnesota	Natural Gas	118 MW
37	Syl Laskin	Minnesota	Natural Gas	116 MW
38	Walleye Wind	Minnesota	Wind	110 MW
39	Lake Benton I	Minnesota	Wind	107 MW
40	Buffalo Ridge Wind	Minnesota	Wind	106 MW
41	Prairie Star Wind Farm	Minnesota	Wind	101 MW
42	Trimont Area Wind Farm	Minnesota	Wind	101 MW
43	Wapsipinicon Wind Project	Minnesota	Wind	101 MW
44	Grand Meadow	Minnesota	Wind	101 MW
45	Lake Benton Ii	Minnesota	Wind	100 MW
46	North Star Solar Project	Minnesota	Solar	100 MW
47	Stoneray Power Partners, Llc	Minnesota	Wind	100 MW
48	Northern Wind	Minnesota	Wind	100 MW
49	Elm Creek Wind Llc	Minnesota	Wind	99 MW
50	Mower County Wind Energy Center	Minnesota	Wind	99 MW

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PowerPlantsNearMe.com. (2026). Largest Power Plants in Minnesota. Derived from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID. Retrieved from https://powerplantsnearme.com/largest-power-plants/minnesota

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