West Faribault Solar
Solar power plant · Rice County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
5.5 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#191
of 804 plants
In service since
2016
December 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Enel Green Power NA, Inc.
- County
- Rice County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among solar plants in Minnesota
- #26 of 540
- EIA plant code
- 60533
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 5.5 MW | 5.5 MW | 2016 | 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
| Red Lake Falls Community Hybrid | Wind | 5.6 MW |
| Eastwood Solar | Solar | 5.5 MW |
| Fairmont Wind | Wind | 5.4 MW |
| Kenyon Municipal | Other | 5.4 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 5.5 MW solar plant and a 5.5 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