Nameplate capacity
8.4 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#156
of 804 plants
In service since
2008
February 2008
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- ALLETE Clean Energy
- County
- Jackson County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
- #54 of 121
- EIA plant code
- 63431
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32001 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 8.4 MW | 8.4 MW | 2008 | 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
| Redwood Falls | Natural gas | 8.5 MW |
| West Waconia Solar | Solar | 8.5 MW |
| Melrose | Other | 8.2 MW |
| Hometown Bio Energy LLC | Other | 8.0 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 8.4 MW solar plant and a 8.4 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