Hometown Bio Energy LLC
Other power plant · Le Sueur County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
8.0 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#158
of 804 plants
In service since
2013
December 2013
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Other Waste Biomass
- Operator
- Hometown Bio Energy LLC
- County
- Le Sueur County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #39 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 58563
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTBE | Other Waste Biomass | 8.0 MW | 7.6 MW | 2013 | 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
| Cisco | Wind | 8.4 MW |
| Melrose | Other | 8.2 MW |
| West Group Data Center | Other | 8.0 MW |
| Carleton College | Other | 7.8 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 8.0 MW solar plant and a 8.0 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