Blue Earth County, Minnesota has 22 power plants totaling 825 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mankato Energy Center | Mankato | Natural Gas | 741 MW | Mec Holdings, Llc |
| Wilmarth | Mankato | Biomass | 25.0 MW | Northern States Power Co - Minnesota |
| Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal | Lake Crystal | Natural Gas | 7.0 MW | Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal |
| Rapidan Hydro Facility | Mankato | Hydroelectric | 6.8 MW | Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc |
| Archer Daniels Midland Mankato | Mankato | Coal | 6.1 MW | Archer Daniels Midland Co |
| Lake Crystal | Lake Crystal | Oil | 5.8 MW | City Of Lake Crystal - (Mn) |
| Eastwood Solar | Mankato | Solar | 5.5 MW | Enel Green Power Na, Inc. |
| Corvus Community Solar | Mankato | Solar | 5.0 MW | Corvus Community Solar |
| Koppelman Sun Csg | Eagle Lake | Solar | 5.0 MW | National Grid Renewables |
| Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg | Mapleton | Solar | 3.5 MW | Nrg Mn Community Llc |
| Mapleton Community Solar | Mapleton | Solar | 3.0 MW | Mapleton Community Solar |
| Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Eleven, Llc | Mankato | Solar | 3.0 MW | Cypress Creek Renewables |
| School Sisters Csg | Mankato | Solar | 1.0 MW | School Sisters Csg Llc |
| Fastsun 14 Csg | Eagle Lake | Solar | 1.0 MW | Altus Power America Management, Llc |
| Primrose Solar, Llc | Mankato | Solar | 1.0 MW | National Grid Renewables |
| Schull Csg | Mapleton | Solar | 1.0 MW | Schull Csg Llc |
| Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc | Mankato | Solar | 1.0 MW | Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc |
| Uss Peach Solar Llc | Mankato | Solar | 1.0 MW | United States Solar Corporation |
| Solarclub 35 Llc | Mankato | Solar | 1.0 MW | Nautilus Solar Solutions |
| Uss Jayhawk Solar Llc (Csg) | Mankato | Solar | 1.0 MW | United States Solar Corporation |
| Uss Maverick Solar Llc (Csg) | Good Thunder | Solar | 1.0 MW | United States Solar Corporation |
| Key City | Mankato | Natural Gas | — MW | Northern States Power Co - Minnesota |
Blue Earth County, Minnesota has 22 power plants totaling 825 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 91% of installed capacity, followed by Solar (4%) and Biomass (3%). The largest facility is Mankato Energy Center at 740 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.
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