American Crystal Sugar East Grand Forks
Coal power plant · Polk County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
7.5 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#162
of 804 plants
In service since
1990
September 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- American Crystal Sugar Co
- County
- Polk County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among coal plants in Minnesota
- #5 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 54214
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| G1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1990 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Minnesota
| Carleton College | Other | 7.8 MW |
| 4710 Hosting | Other | 7.5 MW |
| Lake Pulaski Solar | Solar | 7.5 MW |
| Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar | Coal | 7.5 MW |
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 7.5 MW solar plant and a 7.5 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