Nobles Wind Project
Wind power plant · Nobles County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
201 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#24
of 804 plants
In service since
2010
December 2010
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Nobles County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.01%
- Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
- #6 of 121
- EIA plant code
- 57047
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 201 MW | 200 MW | 2010 | 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
| Lakefield Wind Project LLC | Wind | 206 MW |
| Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 | Wind | 201 MW |
| Blazing Star 2 Wind Farm | Wind | 200 MW |
| Blazing Star Wind Farm 1 | Wind | 200 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 201 MW solar plant and a 201 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