Nobles 2 Wind Project
Nobles County, Minnesota · EIA plant ID 62364 · Operator: Nobles 2 Power Partners, LLC
Nameplate250MWSummer 250 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation958GWh12 mo to Aug 2026
Capacity factor44%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 | 81.9 | 44.0% | — |
| 2021 | 936.6 | 42.8% | — |
| 2022 | 1,091.7 | 49.9% | — |
| 2023 | 953.5 | 43.5% | — |
| 2024 | 978.8 | 44.6% | — |
| 2025 | 973.7 | 44.5% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | WT | 250 | 250 | Dec 2020 | Operating | — | vestas V136-3.6 |
Owner / operator
Operator: Nobles 2 Power Partners, LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Tenaska Nobles 2 Holdings, LLC, | 51.0% | 128 MW |
| ALLETE South Wind, LLC | 49.0% | 123 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Wilmont Hills LLC | retired | 3.9 km |
| Community Wind South | 30 MW | 9.4 km |
| Champepaden Wind Power | retired | 14.5 km |
| Nobles Wind Project | 201 MW | 14.7 km |
| Fenton Wind Farm | 206 MW | 15 km |
| Moulton Wind Power | retired | 16.7 km |