American Crystal Sugar Crookston
Coal power plant · Polk County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
6.5 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#173
of 804 plants
In service since
1954
September 1954
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- American Crystal Sugar Co
- County
- Polk County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among coal plants in Minnesota
- #7 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 54212
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 3.5 MW | 3.5 MW | 1954 | Operating |
| G2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1975 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 6.5 MW solar plant and a 6.5 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Minnesota power plants · What Minnesota actually generates