Power Plants in Minnesota

Minnesota operates 837 power plants totaling 20,711 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 32%, followed by Wind (24%) and Coal (21%). The largest plant is Sherburne County at 2,469 MW.

Plants837operating sites

Capacity20,711 MWnameplate

Generation57.3M MWhannual

CO₂21.4Mmetric tons/year

Natural Gas 32%Wind 24%Coal 21%Nuclear 9%Solar 8%Oil 3%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Minnesota operates another 717 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Minnesota

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Sherburne County	Becker	Coal	2,469 MW
Prairie Island	Welch	Nuclear	1,186 MW
Clay Boswell	Cohasset	Coal	923 MW
Mankato Energy Center	Mankato	Natural Gas	741 MW
Monticello Nuclear Facility	Monticello	Nuclear	685 MW
High Bridge	St. Paul	Natural Gas	644 MW
Allen S King	Oak Park Heights	Coal	598 MW
Riverside (Mn)	Minneapolis	Natural Gas	586 MW
Black Dog	Burnsville	Natural Gas	563 MW
Blue Lake	Shakopee	Natural Gas	559 MW
Lakefield Junction	Trimont	Natural Gas	538 MW
Pleasant Valley (Mn)	Dexter	Natural Gas	468 MW
Cannon Falls Energy Center	Cannon Falls	Natural Gas	347 MW
Faribault Energy Park	Faribault	Natural Gas	335 MW
Inver Hills	Inver Grove Heights	Natural Gas	284 MW
Lsp-Cottage Grove Lp	Cottage Grove	Natural Gas	284 MW
Nobles 2 Wind Project	Wilmont	Wind	250 MW
Sherco Solar I	Clear Lake	Solar	223 MW
Freeborn Wind Farm	Glenville	Wind	218 MW
Fenton Wind Farm	Chandler	Wind	206 MW
Lakefield Wind Project Llc	Lakefield	Wind	206 MW
Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1	Hartland	Wind	201 MW
Nobles Wind Project	Reading	Wind	201 MW
Prairie Rose Wind Farm	Hardwick	Wind	200 MW
Odell Wind Farm	Mountain Lake	Wind	200 MW
Pleasant Valley Wind Farm	Dexter	Wind	200 MW
Blazing Star Wind Farm 1	Hendricks	Wind	200 MW
Red Pine Wind Project	Ivanhoe	Wind	200 MW
Blazing Star 2 Wind Farm	Hendricks	Wind	200 MW
Cambridge Ct Hybrid	Cambridge	Natural Gas	194 MW
Elk River	Elk River	Natural Gas	191 MW
Taconite Harbor Energy Center	Schroeder	Coal	168 MW
Minndakota Wind Llc	Ivanhoe	Wind	150 MW
Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc	Trimont	Wind	149 MW
Silver Bay Power	Silver Bay	Coal	132 MW
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, Llc	Rosemount	Natural Gas	118 MW
Syl Laskin	Hoyt Lakes	Natural Gas	116 MW
Walleye Wind	Beaver Creek	Wind	110 MW
Lake Benton I	Lake Benton	Wind	107 MW
Buffalo Ridge Wind	Lake Benton	Wind	106 MW
Prairie Star Wind Farm	Grand Meadow	Wind	101 MW
Trimont Area Wind Farm	Trimont	Wind	101 MW
Wapsipinicon Wind Project	Dexter	Wind	101 MW
Grand Meadow	Dexter	Wind	101 MW
Lake Benton Ii	Ruthton	Wind	100 MW
North Star Solar Project	North Branch	Solar	100 MW
Stoneray Power Partners, Llc	Woodstock	Wind	100 MW
Northern Wind	Lake Wilson	Wind	100 MW
Elm Creek Wind Llc	Trimont	Wind	99.0 MW
Mower County Wind Energy Center	Grand Meadow	Wind	98.9 MW

By county

Sherburne County34 plants · 2,955 MW Goodhue County31 plants · 1,605 MW Mower County8 plants · 1,141 MW Dakota County36 plants · 1,075 MW Lincoln County26 plants · 1,051 MW Itasca County4 plants · 954 MW Washington County18 plants · 924 MW Martin County9 plants · 844 MW Blue Earth County22 plants · 825 MW Wright County25 plants · 793 MW Ramsey County5 plants · 701 MW Hennepin County11 plants · 695 MW Scott County10 plants · 639 MW Nobles County11 plants · 510 MW Freeborn County6 plants · 425 MW Rice County31 plants · 401 MW Pipestone County29 plants · 383 MW Jackson County9 plants · 358 MW Murray County17 plants · 358 MW Rock County8 plants · 328 MW Cottonwood County8 plants · 302 MW St Louis County7 plants · 268 MW Olmsted County18 plants · 231 MW Isanti County6 plants · 215 MW Stearns County42 plants · 191 MW Chisago County43 plants · 191 MW Mcleod County21 plants · 189 MW Carlton County6 plants · 182 MW Cook County2 plants · 174 MW Carver County19 plants · 150 MW Lake County2 plants · 135 MW Steele County11 plants · 123 MW Lyon County15 plants · 121 MW Brown County3 plants · 98 MW Clay County12 plants · 77 MW Dodge County20 plants · 77 MW Koochiching County2 plants · 66 MW Meeker County7 plants · 65 MW Fillmore County7 plants · 65 MW Chippewa County17 plants · 64 MW Faribault County6 plants · 60 MW Otter Tail County4 plants · 53 MW Beltrami County2 plants · 51 MW Le Sueur County14 plants · 47 MW Waseca County21 plants · 37 MW Renville County29 plants · 35 MW Morrison County3 plants · 33 MW Winona County14 plants · 32 MW Kandiyohi County14 plants · 30 MW Redwood County12 plants · 29 MW Benton County17 plants · 29 MW Pope County20 plants · 29 MW Pine County2 plants · 28 MW Watonwan County2 plants · 23 MW Grant County1 plants · 21 MW Cass County3 plants · 18 MW Douglas County5 plants · 17 MW Anoka County3 plants · 16 MW Nicollet County9 plants · 16 MW Kanabec County2 plants · 15 MW Wabasha County10 plants · 14 MW Polk County2 plants · 14 MW Yellow Medicine County5 plants · 13 MW Becker County1 plants · 12 MW Mille Lacs County1 plants · 12 MW Swift County1 plants · 9 MW Crow Wing County2 plants · 8 MW Sibley County5 plants · 7 MW Pennington County1 plants · 6 MW Red Lake County1 plants · 5 MW Stevens County3 plants · 4 MW Norman County1 plants · 4 MW Houston County2 plants · 2 MW Wilkin County1 plants · 0 MW