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SAF Hydroelectric LLC

Hydro power plant · Hennepin County, Minnesota

Nameplate capacity

9.6 MW

Rank in Minnesota

#144

of 804 plants

In service since

2011

December 2011

Details

Primary fuel: Hydro
Technology: Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator: SAF Hydroelectric LLC
County: Hennepin County
Generating units: 16
Share of state capacity: 0.05%
Rank among hydro plants in Minnesota: #7 of 22
EIA plant code: 57665

Generating units

Individual generating units at SAF Hydroelectric LLC
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
1	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
10	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
11	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Operating
12	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Operating
13	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Operating
14	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Operating
15	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Operating
16	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
2	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
3	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Operating
4	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
5	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Operating
6	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
7	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Operating
8	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Operating
9	Conventional Hydroelectric	0.6 MW	0.6 MW	2011	Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year

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

Westside Solar	Solar	10 MW
Luverne	Other	9.7 MW
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Alexandria	Other	9.2 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 9.6 MW solar plant and a 9.6 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