Pleasant Valley Wind Farm
Mower County, Minnesota · EIA plant ID 59201 · Operator: Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Nameplate200MWSummer 200 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation464GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor26%wind units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2015
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), wind units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 234.1 | 31.9% | — |
| 2016 | 802.9 | 45.7% | — |
| 2017 | 832.9 | 47.5% | — |
| 2018 | 756.7 | 44.1% | — |
| 2019 | 772.9 | 45.0% | — |
| 2020 | 789.5 | 45.9% | — |
| 2021 | 707.9 | 41.2% | — |
| 2022 | 866.9 | 50.5% | — |
| 2023 | 746.8 | 43.5% | — |
| 2024 | 770.3 | 44.8% | — |
| 2025 | 463.6 | 26.5% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | WT | 200 | 200 | Aug 2015 | Operating | — | vestas V100-2.0 |
Owner / operator
Operator: Northern States Power Co - Minnesota. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | 100.0% | 200 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Pleasant Valley (MN) | 468 MW | 7 km |
| Wapsipinicon Wind Project | 101 MW | 7 km |
| Grand Meadow | 101 MW | 10.9 km |
| Hayfield Solar I LLC CSG | 1 MW | 12.6 km |
| Hayfield Solar III LLC CSG | 1 MW | 14.7 km |
| Prairie Star Wind Farm | 101 MW | 17.5 km |