Lake Benton I
Wind power plant · Lincoln County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
107 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#39
of 804 plants
In service since
1998
February 1998
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- ALLETE Clean Energy
- County
- Lincoln County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.54%
- Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
- #16 of 121
- EIA plant code
- 55208
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXIS | Onshore Wind Turbine | 107 MW | 104 MW | 1998 | 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
| Syl Laskin | Natural gas | 116 MW |
| Walleye Wind | Wind | 110 MW |
| Buffalo Ridge Wind | Wind | 106 MW |
| Prairie Star Wind Farm | 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 107 MW solar plant and a 107 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