Univ Minnesota CHP Plant
Natural gas power plant · Hennepin County, Minnesota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- University of Minnesota Central Utilities
- County
- Hennepin County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #28 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 59197
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 21 MW | 18 MW | 2017 | 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
| Litchfield | Other | 22 MW |
| Grant County Wind LLC | Wind | 21 MW |
| Adams Wind Generations LLC | Wind | 20 MW |
| Danielson Wind Farms LLC | Wind | 20 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 21 MW solar plant and a 21 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