Lake Benton II
Wind power plant · Pipestone County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
100 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#45
of 804 plants
In service since
1999
June 1999
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Pipestone County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.50%
- Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
- #22 of 121
- EIA plant code
- 55265
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXIS | Onshore Wind Turbine | 100 MW | 99 MW | 1999 | 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
| Trimont Area Wind Farm | Wind | 101 MW |
| Wapsipinicon Wind Project | Wind | 101 MW |
| North Star Solar Project | Solar | 100 MW |
| Northern Wind | Wind | 100 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 100 MW solar plant and a 100 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