North Star Solar Project
Solar power plant · Chisago County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
100 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#46
of 804 plants
In service since
2016
December 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- North Star Solar PV LLC
- County
- Chisago County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.50%
- Rank among solar plants in Minnesota
- #3 of 540
- EIA plant code
- 59852
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSSP1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 100 MW | 100 MW | 2016 | 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
| Wapsipinicon Wind Project | Wind | 101 MW |
| Lake Benton II | Wind | 100 MW |
| Northern Wind | Wind | 100 MW |
| Stoneray Power Partners, LLC | 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