List of power stations in Minnesota
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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Minnesota, sorted by type and name. In 2024, Minnesota had a total summer capacity of 18.2 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 58,595 GWh.[2] In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 25.2% wind, 23.2% coal, 21.7% nuclear, 20.8% natural gas, 5.2% solar, 1.9% biomass (including most refuse-derived fuels), 1.5% hydroelectric, and 0.5% other.[1]
Sources of Minnesota utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2025:[1]
- Wind: 15,399 (25.2%)
- Coal: 14,139 (23.2%)
- Nuclear: 13,213 (21.7%)
- Natural gas: 12,699 (20.8%)
- Solar: 3,165 (5.19%)
- Biomass: 1,172 (1.92%)
- Hydroelectric: 921 (1.51%)
- Other: 288 (0.47%)
Small-scale solar, which includes customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 484 GWh to Minnesota's electrical grid in 2026. This was about one-sixth the amount generated by the state's utility-scale photovoltaic plants.[1] Independent power producers accounted for more than one-fifth of all generation, especially by harnessing wind in the state's southwestern region. Minnesotans have recently consumed more electricity each year than has been produced in-state.[3]
Minnesota electricity production by type
Minnesota power grid
Nuclear power stations
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) |
Number of generating units |
Reactor type | Owner | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant | Monticello, Minnesota | 671 | 1 | Boiling water reactor | Xcel Energy | 1971 |
| Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant | Red Wing, Minnesota | 1,092 | 2 | Pressurized water reactor | Xcel Energy | 1974 |
Fossil-fuel power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]
Coal
| Plant | Location | Capacity (MW) |
Number of generating units |
Owner | Ref | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen S. King Generating Station |
Oak Park Heights, Minnesota | 511 | 1 | Xcel Energy | 1967 - closing 2028 | |
| Clay Boswell Energy Center |
Cohasset, Minnesota | 1,072.5 | 4 (2 retired, 2 operational) |
Minnesota Power | [5] | U1: 1958 - closed 2018 U2: 1960 - closed 2018 U3: 1973 - closing 2030[6] U4: 1980 - closing 2035[6][A] |
| Hibbing Power Plant | Hibbing, Minnesota | 30.5 | 3 | City of Hibbing PUC | [7] | U1: 1965 U2: 1985 U3: 1996 |
| Hoot Lake Plant | Fergus Falls, Minnesota | 138 | 3 |
Otter Tail | [8][9][10] | U1: 1948 - closed 2005 U2: 1959 - closed 2021 U3: 1964 - closed 2021 |
| M L Hibbard | Duluth, Minnesota | 48 | 2 | Minnesota Power | [11] | 1949/1951[B] |
| Sherburne County Generating Station |
Becker, Minnesota | 1,704 | 2 | Xcel Energy | [12] | U1: 1976 - closing 2026 U2: 1977 - closed 2023 U3: 1987 - closing 2030 |
| Taconite Harbor Energy Center |
Schroeder, Minnesota | 155 | 3 (1 retired, 2 idled) |
Minnesota Power | [13][14] | U1: 1957 - closing 2022 U2: 1957 - closing 2022 U3: 1967 - closed 2015 |
A Minnesota Power intends to transition the 468-megawatt Boswell Unit 4 off coal, which could mean a switch to natural gas, biomass or other sources.
B Minnesota Power lists the M L Hibbard plant as operating with a mix of bio-mass and coal.
Natural gas and petroleum
| Plant | Location | Capacity (MW) |
Number of generating units |
Generation type | Fuel type | Owner | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dog Plant | Burnsville, Minnesota | 526 | 3 | 1x1 combined cycle, simple cycle (x1) | Gas | Xcel Energy | 2012 |
| Blue Lake Plant | Shakopee, Minnesota | 332 | 6 | Simple cycle (x6) | Gas (x2), oil (x4) | Xcel Energy | 1974/2005 |
| Cannon Falls Energy Center | Cannon Falls, Minnesota | 357 | 2 | Simple cycle (x2) | Gas | Invenergy | 2008 |
| Faribault Energy Park | Faribault, Minnesota | 261 | 2 | 1x1 combined cycle | Gas | MMPA | 2005/2007 |
| High Bridge Plant | St. Paul, Minnesota | 606 | 3 | 2x1 combined cycle | Gas | Xcel Energy | 2008 |
| Hutchinson Plant | Hutchinson, Minnesota | 86 | 4 | 2x1 combined cycle, simple cycle (x1) | Gas | HUC | 1971/1994/2001 |
| Inver Hills Plant | Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota | 371 | 6 | Simple cycle (x6) | Gas & oil (x6) | Xcel Energy | 1972/1997 |
| Lakefield Junction | Trimont, Minnesota | 495 | 6 | Simple cycle (x6) | Gas | Great River Energy | 2001 |
| LS Power | Cottage Grove, Minnesota | 251 | 2 | 1x1 combined cycle | Gas | TYR Energy | 1997 |
| Mankato Energy Center | Mankato, Minnesota | 654 | 3 | 2x1 combined cycle | Gas | Xcel Energy | 2006/2019 |
| Minnesota River Station | Chaska, Minnesota | 49 | 1 | Simple cycle | Gas | MMPA | 2001 |
| Pleasant Valley | Dexter, Minnesota | 421 | 3 | Simple cycle (x3) | Gas | Great River Energy | 2001 |
| Riverside Plant | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 502 | 3 | 2x1 combined cycle | Gas | Xcel Energy | 1987/2009 |
| Shakopee Energy Park | Shakopee, Minnesota | 46 | 5 | Reciprocating engine (x5) | Gas | MMPA | 2017 |
| Westside Energy Station | Rochester, Minnesota | 46 | 5 | Reciprocating engine (x5) | Gas | RPU | 2018 |
Renewable power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]
Wind
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) |
Number of generating units |
Owner | Ref | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blazing Star Wind Farm | Lincoln County, Minnesota | 200 | 100 | Xcel Energy | 2019 | |
| Fenton Wind Farm | Chandler, Minnesota | 205.5 | 137 | EDF Renewables | 2007 | |
| Freeborn Wind Farm | Freeborn County, Minnesota | 200 | 100 | Xcel Energy | 2019 | |
| Grand Meadow Wind Farm | Dexter, Minnesota | 100.5 | 67 | Xcel Energy | 2008 | |
| Lake Benton Wind Farm (I-II) | Lincoln County, Minnesota Pipestone County, Minnesota |
207.4 | 276 | NextEra Energy Xcel Energy |
1998/1999 | |
| Nobles Wind Farm | Reading, Minnesota | 200 | 134 | Xcel Energy | 2010 | |
| Odell Wind Farm | Cottonwood County, Minnesota | 200 | 100 | Algonquin Power | 2016 | |
| Pleasant Valley Wind Farm | Dexter, Minnesota | 200 | 100 | Xcel Energy | 2015 | |
| Prairie Rose Wind Farm | Rock County, Minnesota | 200 | 119 | Enel Green Power | 2012 | |
| Red Pine Wind Project | Lincoln County, Minnesota | 200 | 100 | EDF Renewables | 2017 | |
| Stoneray Power | Pipestone County, Minnesota | 100 | 39 | EDF Renewables | 2019 | |
| Trimont Area Wind Farm | Martin County, Minnesota | 100 | 67 | Avangrid | 2005 | |
| Uilk Wind Farm Power | Pipestone County, Minnesota | 4.5 | 3 | Uilk Holdings | 2019 | |
Solar
| Name | Location | Capacity (MWAC) |
Owner | Ref | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Solar Project | Albany, Minnesota | 150 | Enel Greenpower | [15] | 2017 |
| Marshall Solar Project | Marshall, Minnesota | 62.3 | NextEra Energy | [16] | 2017 |
| North Star Solar Project | North Branch, Minnesota | 100 | NextEra Energy | [17] | 2016 |
Hydroelectric
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) |
Number of generating units |
Owner | Ref | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchard Dam | Morrison County, Minnesota | 18 | 3 | Minnesota Power | [18][19] | 1925 |
| Ford Dam | Saint Paul, Minnesota | 18 | 4 | Brookfield Renewable Partners | [20] | 1924 |
| International Falls Hydro | International Falls, Minnesota | 14.2 | 7 | Boise Cascade | [21] | 1924/1946 |
| Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant | Wabasha County, Minnesota | 2.3 | 2 | Rochester Public Utilities | [22][18] | 1919 |
| Little Falls Dam | Little Falls, Minnesota | 2.4 | 4 | Minnesota Power | [18][23] | 1921 |
| St. Cloud Dam | St. Cloud, Minnesota | 8.9 | 2 | City Owned | [18] | 1970 |
| Sartell Dam | Sartell, Minnesota | 9.5 | 11 | Eagle Creek Renewable Energy | [24][25] | 1907 |
| Thomson Hydro | Thomson, Minnesota | 72 | 6 | Minnesota Power | [26] | 1907/1914/ 1919/1949 |
Biomass
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) |
Number of generating units |
Fuel type |
Owner | Ref | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise Cascade | International Falls, Minnesota | 40 | 1 | wood/ wood waste |
Boise Cascade | [27] | 2015 |
| Cloquet Mill | Cloquet, Minnesota | 89 | 3 | wood/ wood waste |
Sappi | [28] | 1976/1997/2001 |
| M L Hibbard | Duluth, Minnesota | 48 | 2 | wood/ wood waste/ coal |
Minnesota Power | [29][11] | 1949/1951 |
| St. Paul CoGen | St. Paul, Minnesota | 33 | 1 | wood/ wood waste |
District Energy | [30] | 2003 |
Refuse
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) |
Number of generating units |
Owner | Ref | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 33 | 2 | Covanta Hennepin Energy | [31] | 1989 |
| Hometown BioEnergy | Le Sueur County, Minnesota | 8 | 1 | MMPA | [32] | 2014 |
| Koda Biomass Plant | Shakopee, Minnesota | 20 | 1 | Koda Energy | [33] | 2009 |
| Olmsted Waste Energy | Rochester, Minnesota | 8 | 3 | District Energy | [34] | 1987/2010 |
| Red Wing Plant | Red Wing, Minnesota | 18 | 2 | Xcel Energy | [35] | 1949 |
| Wilmarth Plant | Mankato, Minnesota | 18 | 2 | Xcel Energy | [36] | 1948/1951 |
