Power Plants in Rice County, Minnesota

Rice County, Minnesota has 31 power plants totaling 401 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.

Plants31operating sites
Capacity401 MWnameplate
Generation1.2M MWhannual
CO₂430.7kmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 83%Solar 13%Wind 2%

Plant locations

All plants in this county

PlantCityFuelCapacityOperator
Faribault Energy ParkFaribaultNatural Gas335 MWMinnesota Municipal Power Agny
Carleton CollegeNorthfieldWind7.8 MWCarleton College
West Faribault SolarFaribaultSolar5.5 MWEnel Green Power Na, Inc.
Webster Holdco Solar CsgWebsterSolar5.0 MWWebster Holdco Llc
Northfield Holdco CsgNorthfieldSolar5.0 MWNorthfield Holdco Llc
Dundas Solar Holdings Llc CsgNorthfieldSolar5.0 MWAltus Power America Management, Llc
Northfield Solar CsgNorthfieldSolar5.0 MWAltus Power America Management, Llc
St. Olaf Standby GeneratorsNorthfieldOil4.1 MWSt. Olaf College
Walcott Solar CsgFaribaultSolar4.0 MWAltus Power America Management, Llc
Sune Stolee Csg, LlcKenyonSolar3.0 MWEcoplexus, Inc
Waterford Holdco CsgWaterfordSolar2.7 MWWaterford Holdco Llc
Warsaw Solar CsgMorristownSolar2.0 MWAltus Power America Management, Llc
St. Olaf Wind TurbineNorthfieldWind1.6 MWSt. Olaf College
Veseli Community Solar GardenWebsterSolar1.0 MWVeseli Solar I Llc
Heyer CsgMorristownSolar1.0 MWHeyer Csg Llc
Uss Centerfield Solar CsgWebsterSolar1.0 MWStandard Solar
Uss Webster Solar CsgWebsterSolar1.0 MWStandard Solar
Msc-Rice01 Llc CsgMorristownSolar1.0 MWMsc-Rice01 Llc
Cannon Garden SolarFaribaultSolar1.0 MWCannon Garden Llc
Falls Creek GardenFaribaultSolar1.0 MWFalls Creek Garden Llc
Straight Garden SolarFaribaultSolar1.0 MWStraight Garden Llc
Roberds Garden CsgFaribaultSolar1.0 MWRoberds Garden Llc
Hydra Community Solar Garden, Llc (Csg)DundasSolar1.0 MWNational Grid Renewables
Uss Hubers Solar Llc CsgNorthfieldSolar1.0 MWUnited States Solar Corporation
Marion GardenFaribaultSolar1.0 MWExcelsior Energy Capital
Union GardenNorthfieldSolar1.0 MWExcelsior Energy Capital
Fastsun12 CsgMorristownSolar1.0 MWAltus Power America Management, Llc
Uss Fair Park Solar Llc (Csg)FaribaultSolar1.0 MWUnited States Solar Corporation
Rice Two Solar CsgMorrisonSolar0.8 MWRice Community Solar Two Llc
West FairbaultFaribaultNatural Gas— MWNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota
Novel Bo Hu 1 Solar LlcNorthfieldSolar— MWNovel Bo Hu 1 Solar Llc

About power generation in Rice County

Rice County, Minnesota has 31 power plants totaling 401 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 83% of installed capacity, followed by Solar (13%) and Wind (2%). The largest facility is Faribault Energy Park at 334 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.

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