Sturgeon Garden
Solar power plant · Goodhue County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
0.9 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#802
of 804 plants
In service since
2023
December 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Sturgeon Garden LLC
- County
- Goodhue County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among solar plants in Minnesota
- #538 of 540
- EIA plant code
- 66579
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNC05 | Solar Photovoltaic | 0.9 MW | 1.0 MW | 2023 | 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
| Phare Garden | Solar | 0.9 MW |
| Pickerel Garden | Solar | 0.9 MW |
| Winona Garden | Solar | 0.9 MW |
| Rice Two Solar CSG | Solar | 0.8 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 0.9 MW solar plant and a 0.9 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