Power Plants Near 58790 — Velva, ND

7 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 58790 (Velva, North Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 48.0675, -100.9346 · County: Mchenry

Coal 60%Hydroelectric 29%Wind 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	Velva Windfarm Llc Velva, ND	Wind	12 MW	Acciona Wind Energy Usa Llc
14.2 mi	New Frontier Wind Ruso, ND	Wind	100 MW	Meadowlark Wind I Llc
16.3 mi	Minot Wind Project Minot, ND	Wind	5 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
18.0 mi	Prairie Winds Nd1 Minot, ND	Wind	116 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
43.6 mi	Discovery Wind, Llc Mclean, ND	Wind	—	Discovery Wind, Llc
45.4 mi	Garrison Riverside, ND	Hydroelectric	583 MW	Usace-Omaha
48.8 mi	Coal Creek Underwood, ND	Coal	1,216 MW	Rainbow Energy Center

Power generation near this area

There are 7 power plants within 50 miles of Velva, North Dakota (ZIP 58790), with a combined 2,031 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 7 nearby plants. The closest plant is Velva Windfarm Llc at 1.3 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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