# Pleasant Valley Wind Farm

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/pleasant-valley-wind-farm

## Current generation inventory

EIA plant 59201 · Inventory reporting month: 2026-08.

- wind: 200 MW operating nameplate
- Capacity basis: operating_generator_nameplate_mw
- Source inventory: [EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/xls/august_generator2026.xlsx)
- Inventory retrieved: 2026-10-10T02:12:40.665346+00:00
- Filed coordinate (longitude, latitude): -92.76972, 43.805
- OSM extract: 2026-10-08T20:21:06Z
- OSM mapped edit: 2024-03-25 04:13:53+00:00
- Map prepared: 2026-10-10T02:28:23.226883+00:00

Battery power (MW) and stored energy (MWh) are separate measures. Shared physical-site membership does not establish electrical connectivity, settlement or a common export limit.

## Reviewed overview

Pleasant Valley Wind Farm is a 200 MW onshore wind turbine plant in Mower County. Pleasant Valley is a 200 MW wind farm near Hayfield, Minnesota, with 100 Vestas V100-2.0 turbines, 88 in Mower County and 12 in Dodge County. Renewable Energy Systems Americas developed it and served as engineering, procurement and construction contractor. On completion in December 2015 it was sold to Northern State Power Company, an Xcel Energy subsidiary, which owns and operates it.

## Reviewed metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 200 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 59201 — plant-59201

## Facts

- **Technology:** Onshore Wind Turbine
- **Operator:** Northern State Power Company

## Related parties

- **Parent company:** Xcel Energy — parent_company ([source](https://www.xcelenergy.com))
- **Developer / seller / EPC contractor:** Renewable Energy Systems Americas — developer ([source](https://www.res-group.com))
- **Equipment supplier:** Vestas — equipment_supplier ([source](https://www.vestas.com))

## Sources

- [industrialinfo.com](https://www.industrialinfo.com/news/article/xcel-energy-adds-352-mw-wind-power-to-minnesota-north-dakota--250360) — industrialinfo.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/pleasant-valley-wind-farm
Website: [Northern State Power Company](https://www.xcelenergy.com)

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