Brainerd Airport
Solar power plant · Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
5.8 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#186
of 804 plants
In service since
2022
December 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Onsite Partners, LLC
- County
- Crow Wing County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among solar plants in Minnesota
- #23 of 540
- EIA plant code
- 66339
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRN01 | Solar Photovoltaic | 5.8 MW | 5.8 MW | 2022 | 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
| Willmar Municipal East Substation | Other | 6.0 MW |
| Willmar Municipal SW Substation | Other | 6.0 MW |
| Lake Crystal | Other | 5.8 MW |
| Laskin Solar | Solar | 5.6 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 5.8 MW solar plant and a 5.8 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