Power Plants Near 58778 — Ruso, ND

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 58778 (Ruso, North Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.7622, -100.8754 · County: Mclean

Coal 63%Hydroelectric 20%Wind 18%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.6 mi	New Frontier Wind Ruso, ND	Wind	100 MW	Meadowlark Wind I Llc
21.8 mi	Prairie Winds Nd1 Minot, ND	Wind	116 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
22.3 mi	Velva Windfarm Llc Velva, ND	Wind	12 MW	Acciona Wind Energy Usa Llc
24.3 mi	Discovery Wind, Llc Mclean, ND	Wind	—	Discovery Wind, Llc
25.9 mi	Minot Wind Project Minot, ND	Wind	5 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
29.6 mi	Coal Creek Underwood, ND	Coal	1,216 MW	Rainbow Energy Center
31.1 mi	Garrison Riverside, ND	Hydroelectric	583 MW	Usace-Omaha
39.2 mi	Stanton Stanton, ND	Coal	—	Great River Energy
39.2 mi	Leland Olds Stanton, ND	Coal	656 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
41.9 mi	Garrison Butte Wind, Llc Hazen, ND	Wind	—	Nextera Energy Garrison Butte Wind, Llc
44.2 mi	Wilton Wind Ii Llc Wilton, ND	Wind	50 MW	Wilton Wind Ii Llc
44.7 mi	Fpl Energy Oliver Wind I Llc Center, ND	Wind	51 MW	Fpl Energy Oliver County Wind
44.7 mi	Fpl Energy Oliver Wind Ii Llc Center, ND	Wind	48 MW	Fpl Energy Oliver County Wind Ii Llc
45.1 mi	Fpl Energy Burleigh County Wind Wilton, ND	Wind	50 MW	Fpl Energy Burleigh County Wind Llc
45.5 mi	Baldwin Wind Llc Wilton, ND	Wind	102 MW	Baldwin Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Ruso, North Dakota (ZIP 58778), with a combined 2,987 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is New Frontier Wind at 7.6 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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