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Equuleus Community Solar Gardens

Solar power plant · Dakota County, Minnesota

Nameplate capacity
5.0 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#211
of 804 plants
In service since
2017
August 2017

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
MN8 Energy LLC
County
Dakota County
Generating units
5
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among solar plants in Minnesota
#41 of 540
EIA plant code
61363

Generating units

Individual generating units at Equuleus Community Solar Gardens
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CSG1Solar Photovoltaic1.0 MW1.0 MW2017Operating
CSG2Solar Photovoltaic1.0 MW1.0 MW2017Operating
CSG3Solar Photovoltaic1.0 MW1.0 MW2017Operating
CSG4Solar Photovoltaic1.0 MW1.0 MW2017Operating
CSG5Solar Photovoltaic1.0 MW1.0 MW2017Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 5.0 MW solar plant and a 5.0 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