Redwood Falls
Natural gas power plant · Redwood County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
8.5 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#154
of 804 plants
In service since
1970
January 1970
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Redwood Falls Public Util Comm
- County
- Redwood County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #34 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 2009
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 5.8 MW | 6.0 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.2 MW | 2.1 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 8 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 2013 | 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
| Blooming Prairie | Other | 8.6 MW |
| St. Cloud Hydro | Hydro | 8.6 MW |
| West Waconia Solar | Solar | 8.5 MW |
| Cisco | Wind | 8.4 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 8.5 MW solar plant and a 8.5 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