Power Plants Near 58723 — Butte, ND

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 58723 (Butte, North Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.8119, -100.6604 · County: Mclean

Coal 65%Hydroelectric 20%Wind 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.8 mi	New Frontier Wind Ruso, ND	Wind	100 MW	Meadowlark Wind I Llc
22.3 mi	Velva Windfarm Llc Velva, ND	Wind	12 MW	Acciona Wind Energy Usa Llc
29.4 mi	Prairie Winds Nd1 Minot, ND	Wind	116 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
32.2 mi	Minot Wind Project Minot, ND	Wind	5 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
32.7 mi	Discovery Wind, Llc Mclean, ND	Wind	—	Discovery Wind, Llc
37.9 mi	Coal Creek Underwood, ND	Coal	1,216 MW	Rainbow Energy Center
41.3 mi	Garrison Riverside, ND	Hydroelectric	583 MW	Usace-Omaha
46.9 mi	Wilton Wind Ii Llc Wilton, ND	Wind	50 MW	Wilton Wind Ii Llc
47.9 mi	Leland Olds Stanton, ND	Coal	656 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
47.9 mi	Stanton Stanton, ND	Coal	—	Great River Energy
48.2 mi	Fpl Energy Burleigh County Wind Wilton, ND	Wind	50 MW	Fpl Energy Burleigh County Wind Llc
48.3 mi	Baldwin Wind Llc Wilton, ND	Wind	102 MW	Baldwin Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Butte, North Dakota (ZIP 58723), with a combined 2,888 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is New Frontier Wind at 13.8 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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