Power Plants in Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Blue Earth County, Minnesota has 22 power plants totaling 825 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.

Plants22operating sites
Capacity825 MWnameplate
Generation2.8M MWhannual
CO₂1.3Mmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 91%Solar 4%Biomass 3%

Plant locations

All plants in this county

PlantCityFuelCapacityOperator
Mankato Energy CenterMankatoNatural Gas741 MWMec Holdings, Llc
WilmarthMankatoBiomass25.0 MWNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota
Poet Biorefining Lake CrystalLake CrystalNatural Gas7.0 MWPoet Biorefining Lake Crystal
Rapidan Hydro FacilityMankatoHydroelectric6.8 MWEagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
Archer Daniels Midland MankatoMankatoCoal6.1 MWArcher Daniels Midland Co
Lake CrystalLake CrystalOil5.8 MWCity Of Lake Crystal - (Mn)
Eastwood SolarMankatoSolar5.5 MWEnel Green Power Na, Inc.
Corvus Community SolarMankatoSolar5.0 MWCorvus Community Solar
Koppelman Sun CsgEagle LakeSolar5.0 MWNational Grid Renewables
Novel - Oya Of Mapleton CsgMapletonSolar3.5 MWNrg Mn Community Llc
Mapleton Community SolarMapletonSolar3.0 MWMapleton Community Solar
Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Eleven, LlcMankatoSolar3.0 MWCypress Creek Renewables
School Sisters CsgMankatoSolar1.0 MWSchool Sisters Csg Llc
Fastsun 14 CsgEagle LakeSolar1.0 MWAltus Power America Management, Llc
Primrose Solar, LlcMankatoSolar1.0 MWNational Grid Renewables
Schull CsgMapletonSolar1.0 MWSchull Csg Llc
Mn Csg 2019-16 LlcMankatoSolar1.0 MWMn Csg 2019-16 Llc
Uss Peach Solar LlcMankatoSolar1.0 MWUnited States Solar Corporation
Solarclub 35 LlcMankatoSolar1.0 MWNautilus Solar Solutions
Uss Jayhawk Solar Llc (Csg)MankatoSolar1.0 MWUnited States Solar Corporation
Uss Maverick Solar Llc (Csg)Good ThunderSolar1.0 MWUnited States Solar Corporation
Key CityMankatoNatural Gas— MWNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota

About power generation in Blue Earth County

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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