Held Solar Project
Solar power plant · Stearns County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
5.0 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#221
of 804 plants
In service since
2019
March 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Madison Energy Investments LLC
- County
- Stearns County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among solar plants in Minnesota
- #50 of 540
- EIA plant code
- 62267
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELD | Solar Photovoltaic | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 2019 | Operating |
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