Grand Meadow
Wind power plant · Mower County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
101 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#42
of 804 plants
In service since
2008
December 2008
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Mower County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.51%
- Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
- #19 of 121
- EIA plant code
- 56994
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WND67 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 101 MW | 100 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
| Buffalo Ridge Wind | Wind | 106 MW |
| Prairie Star Wind Farm | Wind | 101 MW |
| Trimont Area Wind Farm | Wind | 101 MW |
| Wapsipinicon Wind Project | Wind | 101 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 101 MW solar plant and a 101 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