Nameplate capacity
36 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#80
of 804 plants
In service since
2012
December 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Big Blue Wind Farm LLC (MN)
- County
- Faribault County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.18%
- Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
- #35 of 121
- EIA plant code
- 57289
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBWP | Onshore Wind Turbine | 36 MW | 36 MW | 2012 | 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
| Owatonna Energy Station | Natural gas | 39 MW |
| St Paul Cogeneration | Other | 37 MW |
| Hibbing | Natural gas | 36 MW |
| Franklin Heating Station | Other | 34 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 36 MW solar plant and a 36 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