Paynesville Solar
Solar power plant · Stearns County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
10 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#139
of 804 plants
In service since
2016
December 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Enel Green Power NA, Inc.
- County
- Stearns County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among solar plants in Minnesota
- #12 of 540
- EIA plant code
- 60530
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 10 MW | 10 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
| Moose Lake | Natural gas | 10 MW |
| Albany Solar | Solar | 10 MW |
| Valley View Transmission LLC | Wind | 10 MW |
| Waseca Solar | Solar | 10 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 10 MW solar plant and a 10 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