Power Plants Near 58559 — Mercer, ND

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 58559 (Mercer, North Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.4858, -100.7171 · County: Mclean

Coal 63%Wind 20%Hydroelectric 14%Natural Gas 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.4 mi	Discovery Wind, Llc Mclean, ND	Wind	—	Discovery Wind, Llc
21.9 mi	Coal Creek Underwood, ND	Coal	1,216 MW	Rainbow Energy Center
24.4 mi	Wilton Wind Ii Llc Wilton, ND	Wind	50 MW	Wilton Wind Ii Llc
25.5 mi	Fpl Energy Burleigh County Wind Wilton, ND	Wind	50 MW	Fpl Energy Burleigh County Wind Llc
25.7 mi	Baldwin Wind Llc Wilton, ND	Wind	102 MW	Baldwin Wind Llc
28.1 mi	New Frontier Wind Ruso, ND	Wind	100 MW	Meadowlark Wind I Llc
31.6 mi	Leland Olds Stanton, ND	Coal	656 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
31.9 mi	Stanton Stanton, ND	Coal	—	Great River Energy
32.2 mi	Fpl Energy Oliver Wind I Llc Center, ND	Wind	51 MW	Fpl Energy Oliver County Wind
32.2 mi	Fpl Energy Oliver Wind Ii Llc Center, ND	Wind	48 MW	Fpl Energy Oliver County Wind Ii Llc
32.4 mi	Garrison Riverside, ND	Hydroelectric	583 MW	Usace-Omaha
37.2 mi	Milton R Young Center, ND	Coal	734 MW	Minnkota Power Coop, Inc
40.2 mi	Prairie Winds Nd1 Minot, ND	Wind	116 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
42.2 mi	Oliver Wind Iii, Llc Mandan, ND	Wind	99 MW	Oliver Wind Iii, Llc
42.4 mi	Velva Windfarm Llc Velva, ND	Wind	12 MW	Acciona Wind Energy Usa Llc
43.5 mi	R M Heskett Mandan, ND	Natural Gas	88 MW	Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
43.6 mi	Garrison Butte Wind, Llc Hazen, ND	Wind	—	Nextera Energy Garrison Butte Wind, Llc
44.7 mi	Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant Mandan, ND	Other Fossil	8 MW	Tesoro Refining And Marketing Co Llc
45.3 mi	Minot Wind Project Minot, ND	Wind	5 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
48.8 mi	Oliver Wind Iv Hannover, ND	Wind	199 MW	Oliver Wind Iv, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Mercer, North Dakota (ZIP 58559), with a combined 4,115 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Discovery Wind, Llc at 18.4 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in North Dakota, visit the North Dakota state page.

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