Nameplate capacity
23 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#95
of 804 plants
In service since
1949
October 1949
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Goodhue County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #15 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 1926
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 12 MW | 9.0 MW | 1949 | Operating |
| 2 | Municipal Solid Waste | 12 MW | 9.0 MW | 1949 | 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
| Koda Biomass Plant | Other | 23 MW |
| Adams Wind Farm | Wind | 23 MW |
| Ewington Energy Systems, LLC | Wind | 23 MW |
| Litchfield | Other | 22 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 23 MW solar plant and a 23 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