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- Minnesota is the nation's fourth-largest fuel ethanol-producing state and accounts for about 9% of U.S. total production. This state is also the eighth-largest producer of biodiesel, providing about 4% of the nation's biodiesel output.
- The Pine Bend refinery near Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the nation’s 13th-largest oil refinery and the largest refinery in a non-oil-producing state. It can process about 335,000 barrels of crude oil per calendar day.
- In 2024, renewable resources supplied 33% of Minnesota's total in-state electricity generation, more than three-fourths of it from wind energy. Minnesota ranks among the 10 states with the highest share of wind power generation.
- Minnesota's two nuclear power plants fueled 20% of the state's electricity net generation in 2024, although the amount of nuclear power generated in the state was the lowest since 2013.
- Minnesota's natural gas-fired generation reached a record high in 2024 and exceeded the state's coal-fired generation for the second year in a row.
Last Updated: October 16, 2025