How many natural gas power plants are in Minnesota?

Minnesota has 41 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 6.4 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Minnesota?

Mankato Energy Center in Blue Earth County, Minnesota is the largest, at 741 MW. It came online in 2019.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Minnesota in 2025?

2 natural gas power plants came online in Minnesota in 2025, with 364 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in Minnesota?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Natural gas power plants in Minnesota

Minnesota has 41 operating natural gas power plants with 6.4 GW of capacity. 2 came online in 2025.

Operating41

See planned natural gas power plants in Minnesota

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Minnesota had 30 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 41 in 2026

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Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Minnesota

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Mankato Energy Center	Blue Earth County	2019	741 MW
2	High Bridge	Ramsey County	2008	644 MW
3	Riverside (MN)	Hennepin County	2009	586 MW
4	Black Dog	Dakota County	2018	563 MW
5	Lakefield Junction	Martin County	2001	536 MW
6	Pleasant Valley (MN)	Mower County	2002	468 MW
7	Blue Lake	Scott County	2025	362 MW
8	Cannon Falls Energy Center	Goodhue County	2008	347 MW
9	Faribault Energy Park	Rice County	2007	335 MW
10	LSP-Cottage Grove LP	Washington County	1997	284 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Minnesota

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Blue Lake	Scott County	2025	362 MW
2	Warroad Factory	Roseau County	2025	2 MW
3	Hutchinson Plant #1	McLeod County	2019	28 MW
4	Mankato Energy Center	Blue Earth County	2019	741 MW
5	Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, LLC	Dakota County	2019	73 MW
6	Moose Lake	Carlton County	2019	3 MW
7	Black Dog	Dakota County	2018	563 MW
8	Owatonna Energy Station	Steele County	2018	39 MW
9	Westside Energy Station	Olmsted County	2018	47 MW
10	Univ Minnesota CHP Plant	Hennepin County	2017	21 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about natural gas power plants in Minnesota

How many natural gas power plants are in Minnesota?: Minnesota has 41 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 6.4 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Minnesota?: Mankato Energy Center in Blue Earth County, Minnesota is the largest, at 741 MW. It came online in 2019.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Minnesota in 2025?: 2 natural gas power plants came online in Minnesota in 2025, with 364 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in Minnesota?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.