Covanta Hennepin Energy
Other power plant · Hennepin County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
40 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#75
of 804 plants
In service since
1989
October 1989
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Covanta Energy Co
- County
- Hennepin County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.20%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #6 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 10013
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 40 MW | 34 MW | 1989 | 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
| Oak Glen Wind Farm | Wind | 44 MW |
| G McNeilus Wind Farm Dodge Center | Wind | 43 MW |
| Glencoe | Other | 40 MW |
| Fairmont (MN) | Natural gas | 39 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 40 MW solar plant and a 40 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