Brownfield & Retired Power Plant Sites in Minnesota
60 catalogued brownfield and retired-generation sites in Minnesota, listed by former capacity. Each carries an existing utility-scale grid interconnection that a new datacenter load may be able to re-use.
| Site | Former use | Capacity | Retired | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dog | gas | 1,118 MW | 2015-04-01 | Dakota |
| Sherburne County | coal | 765 MW | 2023-12-01 | Sherburne |
| High Bridge | coal | 277 MW | 2007-12-01 | Ramsey |
| Taconite Harbor Energy Center | coal | 252 MW | 2023-03-01 | Cook |
| Riverside (MN) | coal | 239 MW | 2009-04-01 | Hennepin |
| Clay Boswell | coal | 150 MW | 2018-12-01 | Itasca |
| Hoot Lake | coal | 137 MW | 2021-06-01 | Otter Tail |
| Fox Lake | gas | 133 MW | 2017-11-01 | Martin |
| Silver Lake | coal | 99 MW | 2015-12-01 | Olmsted |
| Key City | gas | 72 MW | 2015-04-01 | Blue Earth |
| Granite City | gas | 72 MW | 2019-06-01 | Benton |
| M L Hibbard | oil | 50 MW | 2003-12-01 | St Louis |
| West Fairbault | gas | 49 MW | 2006-12-01 | Rice |
| Elk River | waste | 48 MW | 2019-03-01 | Sherburne |
| Minnesota Valley | gas | 46 MW | 2006-12-01 | Chippewa |
| Hutchinson Plant #1 | gas | 36 MW | 2022-09-01 | McLeod |
| Willmar | gas | 30 MW | 2020-07-01 | Kandiyohi |
| Boise Cascade International Falls | biomass | 29 MW | 2018-12-01 | Koochiching |
| Montgomery | oil | 29 MW | 2012-12-01 | Le Sueur |
| Owatonna | gas | 26 MW | 2011-10-01 | Steele |
| Hutchinson Plant #2 | gas | 25 MW | 1999-01-01 | McLeod |
| Fairmont (MN) | gas | 23 MW | 2009-12-01 | Martin |
| Moorhead | oil | 10 MW | 2011-07-01 | Clay |
| Thomson Reuters Data Center Bldg H | oil | 8 MW | 2024-12-01 | Dakota |
| Elk River City of | oil | 8 MW | 2024-09-01 | Sherburne |
| West Group Data Center F | oil | 8 MW | 2024-12-01 | Dakota |
| Co Rd 33 | oil | 5 MW | — | Lyon |
| West Group Data Center | oil | 5 MW | 2005-06-01 | Dakota |
| EKS Landfill | gas | 5 MW | 2020-12-01 | Dakota |
| United Hospital | oil | 5 MW | 2017-08-01 | Ramsey |
| Franklin Heating Station | gas | 5 MW | 2021-02-01 | Olmsted |
| Archer Daniels Midland Mankato | gas | 4 MW | 1999-06-01 | Blue Earth |
| Springfield (MN) | gas | 4 MW | 2002-12-01 | Brown |
| Hills | oil | 4 MW | 2015-07-01 | Rock |
| United Health Care | oil | 4 MW | 2008-02-01 | Hennepin |
| Moose Lake | gas | 3 MW | 2019-01-01 | Carlton |
| Luverne | gas | 3 MW | 2002-01-01 | Rock |
| Windom | oil | 3 MW | 2022-04-01 | Cottonwood |
| Saint Marys Hospital Power Plant | gas | 3 MW | 2020-05-01 | Olmsted |
| Grand Marais | oil | 2 MW | 2003-12-01 | Cook |
| Milwaukee Landfill Solar | landfill | 2 MW | — | — |
| Fergus Control Ctr | oil | 2 MW | 2019-10-01 | Otter Tail |
| Mountain Lake | oil | 2 MW | 2023-01-01 | Cottonwood |
| Sappi Cloquet Mill | biomass | 2 MW | 1988-01-01 | Carlton |
| Alliant Techsystems | oil | 2 MW | 2015-08-01 | Hennepin |
| Sleepy Eye | oil | 2 MW | 2010-06-01 | Brown |
| New Prague | gas | 1 MW | 2009-01-01 | Le Sueur |
| North Branch (MN) | oil | 1 MW | 2010-12-01 | Chisago |
| Blooming Prairie | oil | 1 MW | 2005-07-01 | Steele |
| Benson City of | oil | 1 MW | 2013-05-01 | Swift |
| Glencoe | oil | 1 MW | 2013-05-01 | McLeod |
| Wells IC | oil | 1 MW | 2019-09-01 | Faribault |
| Delano | gas | 1 MW | 2020-03-01 | Wright |
| Lanesboro | oil | 1 MW | 2016-04-01 | Fillmore |
| Lakefield Utilities | oil | 1 MW | 2002-12-01 | Jackson |
| Seneca Community Solar Garden | landfill | 1 MW | — | — |
| Hutchinson Landfill | landfill | 0 MW | — | — |
| Washington County Landfill (MN) | superfund | 0 MW | — | — |
| Olmsted County/Penz Property | manufacturing | — | — | — |
| Lindenfelser Landfill | landfill | — | — | — |
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