Anoka BESS
Battery storage power plant · Anoka County, Minnesota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- Gopher Energy Storage, LLC
- County
- Anoka County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among battery storage plants in Minnesota
- #2 of 4
- EIA plant code
- 62908
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | Batteries | 6.0 MW | 6.0 MW | 2018 | 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
| Mountain Lake | Other | 6.1 MW |
| Annandale Solar | Solar | 6.0 MW |
| Athens BESS | Battery storage | 6.0 MW |
| Granite Falls 2 | Other | 6.0 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 6.0 MW solar plant and a 6.0 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