Nameplate capacity
25 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#92
of 804 plants
In service since
1948
September 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Blue Earth County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #13 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 1934
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 13 MW | 9.0 MW | 1948 | Operating |
| 2 | Municipal Solid Waste | 13 MW | 9.0 MW | 1951 | 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
| Rock Lake CT | Other | 25 MW |
| Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center | Wind | 25 MW |
| Koda Biomass Plant | Other | 23 MW |
| Adams Wind Farm | Wind | 23 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 25 MW solar plant and a 25 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