Minwind

Wind power plant · Rock County, Minnesota

Nameplate capacity
3.8 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#298
of 804 plants
In service since
2002
October 2002

Details

Primary fuel
Wind
Technology
Onshore Wind Turbine
Operator
Community Renewables, LLC
County
Rock County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
#66 of 121
EIA plant code
56002

Generating units

Individual generating units at Minwind
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Onshore Wind Turbine3.8 MW3.8 MW2002Operating

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 3.8 MW solar plant and a 3.8 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