Blazing Star Wind Farm 1
Lincoln County, Minnesota · EIA plant ID 60504 · Operator: Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Nameplate200MWSummer 200 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation853GWh12 mo to Aug 2026
Capacity factor49%wind units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2020
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), 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 567.2 | 43.0% | — |
| 2021 | 805.6 | 46.0% | — |
| 2022 | 913.7 | 52.1% | — |
| 2023 | 806.8 | 46.1% | — |
| 2024 | 817.1 | 46.5% | — |
| 2025 | 872.8 | 49.8% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLZG1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | WT | 200 | 200 | Apr 2020 | Operating | — | vestas V120-2.0 |
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.
| Blazing Star 2 Wind Farm | 200 MW | 11.1 km |
| Jessica Mills LLC | 2 MW | 13.8 km |
| Sun River LLC | 2 MW | 13.9 km |
| Buffalo Ridge Wind | 106 MW | 14.6 km |
| Shaokatan Hills LLC | 12 MW | 14.6 km |
| Jack River LLC | 2 MW | 14.6 km |