Winton

Hydro power plant · Lake County, Minnesota

Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#293
of 804 plants
In service since
2023
August 2023

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
ALLETE, Inc.
County
Lake County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among hydro plants in Minnesota
#13 of 22
EIA plant code
1902

Generating units

Individual generating units at Winton
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
2Conventional Hydroelectric2.0 MW2.1 MW2023Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric2.0 MW2.0 MW2023Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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