Jean Duluth Solar
St. Louis County, Minnesota · EIA plant ID 66743 · Operator: ALLETE, Inc.
Nameplate2MWSummer 2 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation2GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor15%solar units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2022
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 2.1% | — |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 15.3% | — |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 15.5% | — |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 15.0% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUL | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 1.6 | 1.6 | Dec 2022 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: ALLETE, Inc.. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| DLS-Jean Duluth Project Co., LLC | 100.0% | 2 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| M L Hibbard | 73 MW | 17.2 km |
| Duluth Paper Mill | retired | 17.6 km |
| Fond Du Lac | 12 MW | 29.5 km |
| Thomson | 73 MW | 32.4 km |
| Sappi Cloquet Mill | 95 MW | 33.2 km |
| Scanlon | 2 MW | 33.6 km |