Projects

Lemon Hill Solar, LLC is proposing to construct an up to 180-megawatt solar energy generating facility in Olmsted County, Minnesota.

Lake Charlotte, LLC proposes to construct the 150 MW Lake Charlotte Solar Facility and 150 MW / 600-megawatt hour (MWh) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Rutland Township, Martin County, Minnesota.
 

Summit Lake proposes to construct the Summit Lake Solar Facility and Battery Energy Storage System, collectively the Project, in Summit Lake and Elk Townships, Nobles County, Minnesota. The Solar Facility is proposed as a solar energy conversion facility with a 200-megawatt (MW) alternating current (AC) nameplate capacity. The associated BESS will consist of a stand-alone structure with a 200 MW / 800-megawatt hour (MWh) nameplate capacity and ancillary support infrastructure. The BESS will be constructed directly adjacent to the collector substation for the Solar Facility.
 

Castle Rock Solar, LLC is proposing to construct an up to 150-megawatt solar energy generating facility in Dakota County, Minnesota.
 

Minnesota Power proposes to construct and operate an up to 85-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) solar energy generating facility and an associated 2.45 mile 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line (Gen-Tie Line) in Itasca County, Minnesota.

Otter Tail Power Company is proposing to construct an up to 66 megawatt photovoltaic solar energy generating facility in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
 

Proposed 150 megawatt (MW) solar energy generation facility and 50 MW energy storage facility in Faribault County, Minnesota.
 

Proposed 150 megawatt (MW) solar energy generation facility and 50 MW energy storage facility in Faribault County, Minnesota.
 

Coneflower Energy, LLC is proposing to construct an up to 235-megawatt solar energy generating facility in Lyon County, Minnesota.

Benton Solar, LLC proposes to construct a 100 megawatt (MW) solar energy generating facility, a 100 MW battery energy storage system, and a 0.4 mile long, 115 kilovolt high voltage transmission line within Minden Township, Benton County, Minnesota.

Birch Coulee Solar, LLC is proposing to construct an up to 125-megawatt photovoltaic solar energy generating facility in Renville County, Minnesota.

Gopher State Solar, LLC is proposing to construct a new 200 mW solar energy generating facility in Renville County, Minnesota.

Iron Pine Solar Power, LLC is proposing an up to 325-megawatt photovoltaic solar energy generating system and a 230-kilovolt high voltage transmission line in Kettle River Township, Pine County, Minnesota.

Enbridge Solar (Plummer), LLC is proposing to construct an up to 130 MW solar energy generating system located in Emardville Township in Red Lake County, Minnesota.

Xcel Energy proposes to construct a new 250 MW solar energy project in Sherburne County, Minnesota

Lake Wilson Solar Energy proposes to construct and operate Lake Wilson Solar Energy Center, an up to 150 megawatt alternating current photovoltaic solar energy generating facility with 95 megawatts of battery storage in Leeds Township, Murray County, Minnesota.

Byron Solar, LLC is proposing to build a 200 MW solar project in Dodge County Minnesota. The Byron Solar Project would connect to the electrical grid via approximately three to four and one-half miles of newly constructed 345 kV transmission line.

Hayward Solar, LLC is proposing to build and operate a 150 MW solar farm in Freeborn County.

Northern States Power Company, doing business as Xcel Energy is proposing to construct an up to 460-megawatt solar project and two 345 kilovolt transmission lines to interconnect the Solar Project to the\r\ngrid. As proposed, the West high voltage transmission line (HVTL) is approximately 3.2 miles long and the East HVTL line is approximately 1.7 miles long; both HVTL lines connect the Solar Project to the existing\r\nSherburne County Substation. The Solar Project will partially replace energy production of the Sherco Generating Plant Unit 2, currently a coal-powered facility, which will cease operations in 2023.

Red Rock Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of Apex Clean Energy, LLC, has proposed to construct and operate the Red Rock Solar Project in Cottonwood County, Minnesota. The proposed Red Rock Solar Project would generate up to 60 megawatts (MWs), and the anticipated project size is 483 acres.

On September 16, 2019, Geronimo Energy submitted a site permit application to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission) under the alternative review process (Minnesota Statute 216E.04; Minnesota Rule 7850.2800-3900). Geronimo Energy proposes to construct the Elk Creek Solar Project (Project), a solar energy conversion facility with an 80-megawatt (MW) alternating current (AC) nameplate capacity, in Vienna Township, Rock County, Minnesota.

Regal Solar, LLC was granted a site permit to construct the 100 MW Regal Solar Project in Benton County.