36th largest plant in Minnesota · 2234th nationally
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, Llc is a natural gas power plant in Minnesota with a nameplate capacity of 118 MW. It generates roughly 246.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 23,462 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 24% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1089 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (118 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, Llc |
| City | Rosemount |
| County | Dakota County |
| State | Minnesota |
| ZIP | 55068 |
| Coordinates | 44.45483, -93.02119 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 60.5 MW | Operating | 2019 |
| SOLAR | Solar Photovoltaic | Solar | 45.0 MW | Operating | 2023 |
| STG | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 12.9 MW | Operating | 2019 |
| CO₂ | 134.1k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 273 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1089 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.