Elk River
Natural gas power plant · Sherburne County, Minnesota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Great River Energy
- County
- Sherburne County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.96%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #13 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 2039
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 191 MW | 208 MW | 2009 | 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
| Red Pine Wind Project | Wind | 200 MW |
| Cambridge CT Hybrid | Natural gas | 194 MW |
| MinnDakota Wind LLC | Wind | 150 MW |
| Elm Creek Wind II LLC | Wind | 149 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 191 MW solar plant and a 191 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