Power plants in Minnesota

Minnesota has 792 power plants of 1 MW or more in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 19.8 GW of nameplate capacity, the 25th-largest total among the 50 states and DC. Natural gas accounts for 32% of that capacity. The biggest single site is Sherburne County at 1,704 MW. Units that came online from 2020 to 2025 add 2,298 MW, led by wind at 53%. Units retired since 2016 at plants still operating total 1,373 MW, most of it coal.

Natural gas6,370 MW32%
Wind4,900 MW25%
Coal3,383 MW17%
Solar1,912 MW9.7%
Nuclear1,871 MW9.5%
Oil and petroleum707 MW3.6%
Biomass and waste386 MW1.9%
Hydroelectric221 MW1.1%
Battery storage23 MW0.1%
Other sources11.5 MW0.1%

What is running, by the decade it came online

NuclearCoalNatural gasOil and petroleumHydroelectricWindSolarBattery storageBiomass and wasteOther sources

Columns above the line show capacity still operating in 2025, stacked by fuel. Below the line: capacity retired in each decade at plants that still operate.

The 25 largest plants

Rank	Plant	Runs on	Capacity	First unit	Operator
1	Sherburne County	Coal	1,704 MW	1976	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
2	Prairie Island	Nuclear	1,186 MW	1974	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
3	Clay Boswell	Coal	923 MW	1973	ALLETE, Inc.
4	Mankato Energy Center	Natural gas	741 MW	2006	MEC Holdings, LLC
5	Monticello Nuclear Facility	Nuclear	685 MW	1971	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
6	High Bridge	Natural gas	644 MW	2008	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
7	Allen S King	Coal	598 MW	1958	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
8	Riverside (MN)	Natural gas	586 MW	1987	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
9	Black Dog	Natural gas	563 MW	1954	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
10	Lakefield Junction	Natural gas	538 MW	2001	Great River Energy
11	Pleasant Valley (MN)	Natural gas	468 MW	2001	Great River Energy
12	Blue Lake	Natural gas	362 MW	2005	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
13	Cannon Falls Energy Center	Natural gas	347 MW	2008	Invenergy Services LLC
14	Faribault Energy Park	Natural gas	334 MW	2005	Minnesota Municipal Power Agny
15	Inver Hills	Natural gas	284 MW	1972	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
16	LSP-Cottage Grove LP	Natural gas	284 MW	1997	Cottage Grove Operating Services LLC
17	Nobles 2 Wind Project	Wind	250 MW	2020	Nobles 2 Power Partners, LLC
18	Sherco Solar II	Solar	237 MW	2025	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
19	Sherco Solar I	Solar	223 MW	2024	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
20	Freeborn Wind Farm	Wind	218 MW	2021	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
21	Fenton Wind Farm	Wind	206 MW	2007	EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
22	Lakefield Wind Project LLC	Wind	206 MW	2011	EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
23	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1	Wind	201 MW	2011	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
24	Nobles Wind Project	Wind	201 MW	2010	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
25	Blazing Star 2 Wind Farm	Wind	200 MW	2021	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

All 792 plants in the finder

Largest plant for each main fuel

Main fuel	Plants	Capacity	Largest plant	Its capacity
Natural gas	34	6,407 MW	Mankato Energy Center	741 MW
Wind	119	4,891 MW	Nobles 2 Wind Project	250 MW
Coal	8	3,384 MW	Sherburne County	1,704 MW
Solar	530	1,872 MW	Sherco Solar II	237 MW
Nuclear	2	1,871 MW	Prairie Island	1,186 MW
Oil and petroleum	60	734 MW	New Ulm	78.5 MW
Biomass and waste	13	394 MW	Sappi Cloquet Mill	94.5 MW
Hydroelectric	22	212 MW	Thomson	72.6 MW
Battery storage	3	15 MW	Anoka BESS	6 MW
Other sources	1	5 MW	OREG 3 Inc	5 MW

Balancing areas

Area	Plants	Capacity
MISO (Midcontinent)	784	19.7 GW
Southwest Power Pool	7	75.2 MW
PJM Interconnection	1	3.3 MW

Biggest operators here

Operator	Plants	Capacity
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	26	8,653 MW
Great River Energy	9	1,523 MW
ALLETE, Inc.	18	1,307 MW
EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.	5	812 MW
MEC Holdings, LLC	1	741 MW
Avangrid Power LLC	6	599 MW
Minnesota Municipal Power Agny	4	474 MW
Invenergy Services LLC	1	347 MW
Cottage Grove Operating Services LLC	1	284 MW
Nobles 2 Power Partners, LLC	1	250 MW