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Minnesota
power plants.

Minnesota has 521 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 18.7 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 34.7% of tracked capacity, with coal second at 23.4%. The largest plant we track is Sherburne County (2,469 MW, online since 1980).

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521 Tracked plants
18.7 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
12 Fuel types

Minnesota electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Natural Gas 34.7% 6.5 GW Coal 23.4% 4.4 GW Wind 20.5% 3.8 GW Nuclear 10% 1.9 GW Solar 4.8% 0.9 GW Oil 3.5% 0.7 GW Waste-to-Energy 1.8% 0.3 GW Hydro 1% 0.2 GW Battery Storage 0.1% 0 GW Other 0.1% 0 GW Biomass 0.1% 0 GW Cogeneration 0% 0 GW

Largest plants in Minnesota

01 Sherburne County Coal · 1980 2,469 MW 02 Prairie Island Nuclear · 1974 1,186 MW 03 Clay Boswell Coal · 1977 923 MW 04 Mankato Energy Center Natural Gas · 2009 719 MW 05 Monticello Nuclear Facility Nuclear · 1971 685 MW 06 High Bridge Natural Gas · 2008 644 MW 07 Allen S King Coal · 1958 598 MW 08 Riverside (MN) Natural Gas · 2002 586 MW 09 Black Dog Natural Gas · 1997 563 MW 10 Blue Lake Natural Gas · 1992 559 MW 11 Lakefield Junction Natural Gas · 2001 538 MW 12 Pleasant Valley (MN) Natural Gas · 2001 468 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Minnesota get its electricity?

Across the 521 plants we track in Minnesota, capacity is led by natural gas at 34.7%, then coal at 23.4%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Minnesota?

The largest plant in our Minnesota catalog is Sherburne County, a coal facility with 2,469 MW (commissioned 1980).

How many power plants are in Minnesota?

Our catalog tracks 521 power plants in Minnesota totalling 18.7 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

New Jersey 323 plants Colorado 213 plants

Biggest states

Texas 133 GW California 78.3 GW Florida 65.3 GW Illinois 49 GW Pennsylvania 47.7 GW Georgia 39.2 GW

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