Fairmont Wind
Wind power plant · Martin County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
5.4 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#192
of 804 plants
In service since
2003
March 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
- County
- Martin County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
- #56 of 121
- EIA plant code
- 56415
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WND3 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 1.7 MW | 1.7 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| WND4 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 1.7 MW | 1.7 MW | 2005 | Operating |
| WND1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 1.0 MW | 0.9 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| WND2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 1.0 MW | 0.9 MW | 2003 | 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
| Eastwood Solar | Solar | 5.5 MW |
| West Faribault Solar | Solar | 5.5 MW |
| Kenyon Municipal | Other | 5.4 MW |
| Windshare LLC | Wind | 5.4 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 5.4 MW solar plant and a 5.4 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