Solway CT
Natural gas power plant · Beltrami County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
51 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#62
of 804 plants
In service since
2003
May 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Otter Tail Power Co
- County
- Beltrami County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.26%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #18 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 7947
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 50 MW | 40 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| D1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2005 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 51 MW solar plant and a 51 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