St. Paul Intl Airport Red & Blue Parking
Hennepin County, Minnesota · EIA plant ID 59709 · Operator: Metropolitan Airports Commission
Nameplate3MWSummer 3 MW
Generators2in service
Net generation2GWh12 mo to Aug 2026
Capacity factor6%solar units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2015
The 12-month figures include preliminary EIA-923 months, which EIA revises. Final data runs through Dec 2025.
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), solar 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 | 0.1 | 4.5% | — |
| 2016 | 3.2 | 15.3% | — |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 7.6% | — |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 11.0% | — |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 7.7% | — |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 10.0% | — |
| 2021 | 3.1 | 11.0% | — |
| 2022 | 3 | 10.6% | — |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 10.4% | — |
| 2024 | 3 | 10.5% | — |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 10.2% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV1 | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 2.3 | 2.3 | Dec 2015 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| PV2 | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 0.9 | 0.9 | Dec 2016 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Metropolitan Airports Commission. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Metropolitan Airports Commission | 100.0% | 3 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Twin Cities Hydro LLC | 18 MW | 4 km |
| Black Dog | 563 MW | 8.3 km |
| Thomson Reuters Data Center Bldg H | retired | 9.3 km |
| West Group Data Center F | retired | 9.3 km |
| High Bridge | 644 MW | 9.6 km |
| West Group Data Center | 8 MW | 9.7 km |