List of power stations in Minnesota

This is a list of active electricity-generating power stations in Minnesota.

Coal
Plant Location Capacity (MW) Number Of
Generating Units		 Owner Year Built
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 Minnesota Power
Sherburne County Generating Station Becker, Minnesota 2,238 3 Xcel Energy [1]
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Association		 U1: 1976 -- closing 2026
U2: 1977 -- closing 2023
U3: 1987 -- closing 2030

Natural Gas & Fuel Oil
Plant Location Capacity (MW) Number Of
Generating Units		 Generation Type Fuel Type Owner
Black Dog Plant Burnsville, Minnesota 526 3 1x1 Combined Cycle, Simple Cycle (x1) Gas Xcel Energy
Blue Lake Plant Shakopee, Minnesota 545 6 Simple Cycle (x6) Gas (x2), Oil (x4) Xcel Energy
Cannon Falls Energy Center Cannon Falls, Minnesota 357 2 Simple Cycle (x2) Gas
Faribault Energy Park Faribault, Minnesota 2 Simple Cycle (x2) Gas MMPA
High Bridge Plant St. Paul, Minnesota 606 3 2x1 Combined Cycle Gas Xcel Energy
Inver Hills Plant Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 371 6 Simple Cycle (x6) Gas & Oil (x6) Xcel Energy
LS Power Cottage Grove, Minnesota 2 Simple Cycle (x2) Gas TYR Energy
Mankato Energy Center Mankato, Minnesota 3 2x1 Combined Cycle Gas Xcel Energy
Minnesota River Station Chaska, Minnesota 1 Simple Cycle 49 MMPA
Riverside Plant Minneapolis, Minnesota 502 3 2x1 Combined Cycle Gas Xcel Energy
Shakopee Energy Park Shakopee, Minnesota 46 5 Reciprocating Engine (x5) Gas MMPA

Nuclear power
Name Location Capacity (MW) Number Of
Generating Units		 Reactor Type Owner
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Monticello, Minnesota 671 1 Boiling Water Reactor Xcel Energy
Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant Red Wing, Minnesota 1,092 2 Pressurized Water Reactor Xcel Energy

Refuse Derived Fuel
Name Location Capacity (MW) Number Of
Generating Units		 Owner Year opened
HERC Minneapolis, Minnesota 24 2 Covanta Hennepin Energy
Hometown Boienergy Minneapolis, Minnesota 8 MMPA 2014
Red Wing Plant Red Wing, Minnesota 18 2 Xcel Energy 1949
Shakopee Biomass Shakopee, Minnesota 8 1 Koda Energy
St. Paul CoGen St. Paul, Minnesota District Energy
Wilmarth Plant Mankato, Minnesota 18 2 Xcel Energy 1948

Wind power
Name Location Capacity (MW) Number Of
Generating Units		 Owner Year opened
Fenton Wind Farm Chandler, Minnesota 205.5 EDF Renewables 2007
Lake Benton Wind Farm Pipestone County, Minnesota 200 100 Xcel Energy 2019
Nobles Wind Farm Reading, Minnesota 200 134 Xcel Energy 2010
Freeborn Wind Farm Freeborn County, Minnesota 200 100 Xcel Energy 2019
Pleasant Valley Wind Farm Dexter, Minnesota 200 100 Xcel Energy 2015
Grand Meadows Wind Farm Dexter, Minnesota 100 67 Xcel Energy 2008
Blazing Star Wind Farm Lincoln County, Minnesota 200 100 Xcel Energy 2019

References
  1. Sherco 3 brochure, p. 2
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