Sherco Solar II
Solar power plant · Sherburne County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
237 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#18
of 804 plants
In service since
2025
September 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Sherburne County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.19%
- Rank among solar plants in Minnesota
- #1 of 540
- EIA plant code
- 68776
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHS02 | Solar Photovoltaic | 237 MW | 237 MW | 2025 | 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
| LSP-Cottage Grove LP | Natural gas | 284 MW |
| Nobles 2 Wind Project | Wind | 250 MW |
| Sherco Solar I | Solar | 223 MW |
| Freeborn Wind Farm | Wind | 218 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 237 MW solar plant and a 237 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