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Proposed solar projects in Minnesota
There are 57 proposed solar projects in Minnesota's interconnection queue, totaling 9.60 GW of requested capacity. The largest is Replacing 710 MW of coal generation with solar at Sherco Unit 2; Sherco Unit 2 at 710 MW, and the median planned online year is 2026.
57
Proposed projects
9.60 GW
Requested capacity
168.4 MW
Average project size
2026
Median planned online year
All proposed solar projects in Minnesota
| Type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Replacing 710 MW of coal generation with solar at Sherco Unit 2; Sherco Unit 2 R1036 | Solar | 710 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Queue J3532 J3532 | Solar | 500 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3762 J3762 | Solar | 430 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3399 J3399 | Solar | 300 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J4017 J4017 | Solar | 299 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J4152 J4152 | Solar | 250 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Queue J4147 J4147 | Solar | 245 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J4148 J4148 | Solar | 245 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J3021 J3021 | Solar | 235 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J4151 J4151 | Solar | 225 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J2599 J2599 | Solar | 216 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J1325 J1325 | Solar | 200 MW | 2019 | 2025 |
| Queue J1581 J1581 | Solar | 200 MW | 2024 | 2026 |
| Queue J1605 J1605 | Solar | 200 MW | 2020 | 2026 |
| Queue J2845 J2845 | Solar | 200 MW | 2025 | 2025 |
| Queue J3039 J3039 | Solar | 200 MW | 2022 | 2029 |
| Queue J3041 J3041 | Solar | 200 MW | 2022 | 2029 |
| Queue J3434 J3434 | Solar | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3903 J3903 | Solar | 185 MW | 2025 | 2029 |
| Queue J1611 J1611 | Solar | 174 MW | 2020 | 2026 |
| Queue J2608 J2608 | Solar | 160 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J2561 J2561 | Solar | 153 MW | 2022 | 2030 |
| Queue J1072 J1072 | Solar | 150 MW | 2018 | 2023 |
| Queue J1221 J1221 | Solar | 150 MW | 2019 | 2028 |
| Queue J1503 J1503 | Solar | 150 MW | 2020 | 2027 |
| Queue J1504 J1504 | Solar | 150 MW | 2020 | 2027 |
| Queue J1566 J1566 | Solar | 150 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J2027 J2027 | Solar | 150 MW | 2025 | 2024 |
| Queue J2501 J2501 | Solar | 150 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Queue J2749 J2749 | Solar | 150 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J3051 J3051 | Solar | 150 MW | 2024 | 2026 |
| Queue J874 J874 | Solar | 150 MW | 2017 | 2024 |
| Queue J2861 J2861 | Solar | 147 MW | 2022 | 2029 |
| Queue J3233 J3233 | Solar | 140 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3669 J3669 | Solar | 135 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J2885 J2885 | Solar | 130 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue J4059 J4059 | Solar | 129 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J1620 J1620 | Solar | 125 MW | 2024 | 2026 |
| Queue J2087 J2087 | Solar | 125 MW | 2025 | 2024 |
| Queue J3552 J3552 | Solar | 112 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Benton Solar II E0020 | Solar | 105.8 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Queue J1124 J1124 | Solar | 100 MW | 2018 | 2024 |
| Queue J1426 J1426 | Solar | 100 MW | 2019 | 2025 |
| Queue J1445 J1445 | Solar | 100 MW | 2019 | 2025 |
| Queue J1534 J1534 | Solar | 100 MW | 2025 | 2023 |
| Queue J2309 J2309 | Solar | 100 MW | 2021 | 2024 |
| Queue J2495 J2495 | Solar | 100 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Boswell Solar Project E0011 | Solar | 86.8 MW | 2025 | 2027 |
| Queue J1164 J1164 | Solar | 80 MW | 2018 | 2024 |
| Queue J4009 J4009 | Solar | 80 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J3439 J3439 | Solar | 72 MW | 2024 | 2026 |
| Queue J3529 J3529 | Solar | 64 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J2867 J2867 | Solar | 50 MW | 2022 | 2029 |
| Queue J523 J523 | Solar | 50 MW | 2015 | 2021 |
| Queue J718 J718 | Solar | 50 MW | 2016 | 2023 |
| Replace Hoot Lake units 2 and 3 (144.8 MW) with Seventeen (17) Sungrow 3 MW solar inverters and PV panels at 49.9 MW; Hoot Lake 2 & 3 R1001 | Solar | 49.9 MW | 2020 | 2022 |
| Queue J2276 J2276 | Solar | 39.5 MW | 2022 | 2022 |
Browse Minnesota's full interconnection queue. Compare with operating capacity: 516 operating solar plants in Minnesota. Nationwide: Solar plants nationwide.
Source: "Queued Up" (Rand et al., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2026 edition). Data: LBNL backbone through December 31, 2025; ISO-region statuses refreshed monthly (last: July 2026); non-ISO West and Southeast as of the LBNL edition.