American Crystal Sugar Moorhead
Coal power plant · Clay County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
5.0 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#196
of 804 plants
In service since
1948
September 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- American Crystal Sugar Co
- County
- Clay County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among coal plants in Minnesota
- #8 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 54211
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1948 | Operating |
| G2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1961 | 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 5.0 MW solar plant and a 5.0 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