Power Plants in Stearns County, Minnesota

Stearns County, Minnesota has 42 power plants totaling 192 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.

Plants42operating sites
Capacity191 MWnameplate
Generation473.6k MWhannual
CO₂45metric tons/year
Solar 50%Wind 41%Oil 5%Hydroelectric 4%

Plant locations

All plants in this county

PlantCityFuelCapacityOperator
Black Oak Wind FarmSauk CentreWind78.0 MWBlack Oak Wind, Llc
Albany SolarAlbanySolar10.0 MWEnel Green Power Na, Inc.
Paynesville SolarPaynesvilleSolar10.0 MWEnel Green Power Na, Inc.
St. Cloud HydroSt CloudHydroelectric8.6 MWSt. Cloud Hydroelectric Generation Facility
MelroseMelroseOil8.2 MWMelrose Public Utilities
Paynesville Community SolarPaynesvilleSolar5.0 MWPaynesville Community Solar
Lahr 1, LlcWakefield TownshipSolar5.0 MWSocore Energy Llc
St. Cloud Solar CsgSt. CloudSolar5.0 MWNational Grid Renewables
Richmond CsgRichmondSolar5.0 MWSocore Energy Llc
Sartell Holdco CsgSartellSolar5.0 MWSartell Holdco Llc
Held Solar ProjectWaite ParkSolar5.0 MWDg Minnesota Csg, Llc
Gssp Schneider LlcWaite ParkSolar5.0 MWGreen Street Power Partners
Michael SolarFreeportSolar4.0 MWSocore Energy Llc
Wakesun LlcCold SpringSolar3.0 MWSunshare Management
Orion Community SolarSt. JosephSolar3.0 MWOrion Community Solar
B.r. Sartell CsgSartellSolar3.0 MWMinnesota Solar Csg 21, Llc
Gspp Held Llc CsgSt. CloudSolar3.0 MWGreen Street Power Partners
Pegasus Community SolarBrootenSolar2.0 MWPegasus Community Solar
Melrose 2MelroseOil1.0 MWMelrose Public Utilities
Capricornus Community Solar GardenPaynsvilleSolar1.0 MWNational Grid Renewables
Canopus Community SolarBelgradeSolar1.0 MWNational Grid Renewables
Uss Brockway Solar CsgSartellSolar1.0 MWUnited States Solar Corporation
Gspp Imholte CsgSt. CloudSolar1.0 MWGreen Street Power Partners
Novel Brooten Solar CsgBrootenSolar1.0 MWRea Investments, Llc
Novel Reber Solar CsgAlbanySolar1.0 MWRea Investments, Llc
Fastsun 3 CsgAlbanySolar1.0 MWAltus Power America Management, Llc
Stearns Community Solar One Llc CsgAlbanySolar1.0 MWMadison Energy Holdings Llc
Uss Milkweed Solar Llc CsgPaynesvilleSolar1.0 MWStandard Solar
Uss Midtown Solar Llc CsgMelroseSolar1.0 MWStandard Solar
Schwinghamer Project CsgAlbanySolar1.0 MWSchwinghamer Community Solar Llc
Allium Community Solar Garden, LlcPaynesvilleSolar1.0 MWNational Grid Renewables
Bellflower Solar, LlcBrootenSolar1.0 MWNational Grid Renewables
Stearns Solar IAlbanySolar1.0 MWStearns Solar I Llc
New Munich SolarMelroseSolar1.0 MWNew Munich Solar Llc
Paynesville Csg1, LlcPaynesvilleSolar1.0 MWNautilus Solar Solutions
Hertzberg Community (Csg)PaynesvilleSolar1.0 MWHertzberg Community Solar
Novel Froehle Solar LlcCold SpringSolar1.0 MWNovel Froehle Solar Hq Llc
Oster Sun CsgAlbanySolar1.0 MWSunshare Management
Pivot Energy Minnesota Solar 10GreenwaldSolar1.0 MWPivot Energy
Mn East Regal Llc (Csg)PaynesvilleSolar1.0 MWUnited States Solar Corporation
Dsi Julie SolarCold SpringSolar1.0 MWDsi Julie Solar Llc
Bauer Solar CsgCold SpringSolar0.9 MWBauer Community Solar Llc

About power generation in Stearns County

Stearns County, Minnesota has 42 power plants totaling 192 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the dominant fuel source at 50% of installed capacity, followed by Wind (41%) and Oil (5%). The largest facility is Black Oak Wind Farm at 78 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.

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