St Paul Cogeneration
Other power plant · Ramsey County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
37 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#79
of 804 plants
In service since
2003
April 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- St Paul Cogeneration LLC
- County
- Ramsey County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.19%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #8 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 56643
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 37 MW | 33 MW | 2003 | 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
| Fairmont (MN) | Natural gas | 39 MW |
| Owatonna Energy Station | Natural gas | 39 MW |
| Big Blue | Wind | 36 MW |
| Hibbing | Natural gas | 36 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 37 MW solar plant and a 37 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