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Northern States Power Co - Minnesota — power plant portfolio

Northern States Power Co - Minnesota operates 40 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 9,735 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 999,511 t CO₂/yr.

40power plants
9,735MW total capacity
1countries
999,511t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 18 plants18HydroGas: 8 plants8GasWind: 6 plants6WindCoal: 2 plants2CoalNuclear: 2 plants2NuclearWaste: 2 plants2WasteOil: 1 plants1OilStorage: 1 plants1Storage

Fleet interpretation

Northern States Power Co - Minnesota is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is United States of America (40).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (18), gas (8), wind (6), coal (2). The largest listed asset is Sherburne County in United States of America (2,469 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 243 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 2 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 2 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 40 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Sherburne CountyCoalUnited States of America2,469
Prairie IslandNuclearUnited States of America1,186
Monticello Nuclear FacilityNuclearUnited States of America691
High BridgeGasUnited States of America644
Allen S KingCoalUnited States of America598
Riverside (MN)GasUnited States of America586950,776
Black DogGasUnited States of America563
Blue LakeGasUnited States of America55948,735
Angus AnsonGasUnited States of America406
Inver HillsGasUnited States of America281
WheatonGasUnited States of America247
Nobles Wind ProjectWindUnited States of America201
Courtenay Wind FarmWindUnited States of America200
Pleasant Valley Wind FarmWindUnited States of America200
French IslandOilUnited States of America158
Border Winds Wind FarmWindUnited States of America150
Lake Benton IIWindUnited States of America100
Grand MeadowWindUnited States of America100
Jim FallsHydroUnited States of America60
Bay FrontGasUnited States of America47
WissotaHydroUnited States of America39
CornellHydroUnited States of America35
HolcombeHydroUnited States of America34
WilmarthWasteUnited States of America25
St Croix FallsHydroUnited States of America23
Red WingWasteUnited States of America23
Chippewa FallsHydroUnited States of America22
Hennepin IslandHydroUnited States of America14
DellsHydroUnited States of America12
Big FallsHydroUnited States of America8
Cedar Falls (WI)HydroUnited States of America6
MenomonieHydroUnited States of America5
Ladysmith DamHydroUnited States of America3
Apple RiverHydroUnited States of America2
Saxon FallsHydroUnited States of America2
Superior FallsHydroUnited States of America1
ThornappleHydroUnited States of America1
TregoHydroUnited States of America1
Laverne BatteryStorageUnited States of America1
White River (WI)HydroUnited States of America1

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Northern States Power Co - Minnesota operate?

Northern States Power Co - Minnesota operates 40 power plants across 1 country, with about 9,735 MW of total capacity.

What is Northern States Power Co - Minnesota's largest power plant?

Sherburne County in United States of America is its largest at about 2,469 MW.

What types of power plants does Northern States Power Co - Minnesota run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (18), gas (8), wind (6).

How much CO₂ do Northern States Power Co - Minnesota's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 999,511 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology