Buffalo Ridge Wind
Wind power plant · Lincoln County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
106 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#40
of 804 plants
In service since
2022
December 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Buffalo Ridge Wind, LLC
- County
- Lincoln County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.53%
- Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
- #17 of 121
- EIA plant code
- 65761
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3161 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 106 MW | 102 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
| Walleye Wind | Wind | 110 MW |
| Lake Benton I | Wind | 107 MW |
| Prairie Star Wind Farm | Wind | 101 MW |
| Grand Meadow | Wind | 101 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 106 MW solar plant and a 106 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