Gas power plant in Minnesota, United States of America. Approximate location 44.7952, -93.581.
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Minnesota River is a 49 MW gas power plant in Minnesota, United States of America. It is operated by Minnesota Municipal Power Agny. Based on reported annual generation of 0 GWh, it can supply roughly 57 homes. It ranks #2803 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2001, it is around 25 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 71,201 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 16,597 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 40.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0007844.
At 49 MW, Minnesota River is below the median gas plant in United States of America (91 MW). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Minnesota Municipal Power Agny. All plants by this company →
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 73% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 87/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.
A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
The #1084 largest gas power plant of 1818 in United States of America by capacity.
United States of America has 1818 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 546,436 MW of capacity.
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Coordinates 44.7952, -93.581 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
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Minnesota River is a 49 MW gas power plant in Minnesota, United States of America, commissioned in 2001.
Minnesota River generates about 0 GWh of electricity per year.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 57 homes.
Minnesota River is operated by Minnesota Municipal Power Agny.
Minnesota River has reported about 71,201 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).
