Lake Benton I

OperatingWind

Ranked #18 of 125 Wind plants in MN#660 of 1442 nationally

107.2 MW Wind operating in Lincoln, MN — Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

EIAGEMWD

107.2 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

1998

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

44.3257, -96.3788

County

Lincoln, MN

Nearby Plants

MinnDakota Wind LLC
Wind150 MW · 3.8 km
Lincoln Heights II
Wind3.9 MW · 4.0 km
Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm
Wind1.7 MW · 4.9 km

Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	ALLETE Clean Energy	Avangrid Renewables	—
Owner(s)	ALLETE Clean Energy	Avangrid	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

Lake Benton I is a 107.2 MW wind power plant located in Lincoln County, Minnesota. The plant began operating in 1998 and is owned by Avangrid, with ALLETE Clean Energy as the operator. It consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. The facility is interconnected to the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (MISO) balancing authority and resides within the MRO NERC region.

The plant's wind turbines have a hub height of 53 meters and a rotor diameter of 48 meters. The turbines were manufactured by Enron and are model Z48. In the most recent year of reported data, Lake Benton I generated 243,845 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 25.9%. Lake Benton I ranks as the 18th largest wind farm in Minnesota out of 26, and 652nd nationally out of 734.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators