Blue Earth
Other power plant · Faribault County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
11 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#132
of 804 plants
In service since
1960
November 1960
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Blue Earth Light & Water
- County
- Faribault County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #30 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 1967
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IC6 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| IC8 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| IC3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 1993 | Operating |
| IC4 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 1993 | Operating |
| IC5 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 1993 | Operating |
| IC1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.5 MW | 1.5 MW | 1960 | Operating |
| IC7 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 2015 | 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
| Olmsted Waste Energy | Other | 11 MW |
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| North Branch (MN) | Other | 11 MW |
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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 11 MW solar plant and a 11 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