Power Plants Near 59486 — Valier, MT

6 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 59486 (Valier, Montana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 48.2795, -112.3033 · County: Pondera

Wind 97%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.2 mi	Naturener Glacier Wind Energy 1 Ethridge, MT	Wind	107 MW	Naturener Glacier Wind Energy 1 Llc
18.4 mi	Naturener Glacier Wind Energy 2 Ethridge, MT	Wind	104 MW	Naturener Glacier Wind Energy 2 Llc
38.5 mi	Naturener Rim Rock Energy Kevin, MT	Wind	189 MW	Naturener Rim Rock Energy Llc
41.5 mi	Fairfield Wind Fairfield, MT	Wind	10 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
41.5 mi	Greenfield Wind - Mt Fairfield, MT	Wind	25 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.6 mi	Turnbull Hydro Fairfield, MT	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Turnbull Hydro Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 6 power plants within 50 miles of Valier, Montana (ZIP 59486), with a combined 447 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 6 nearby plants. The closest plant is Naturener Glacier Wind Energy 1 at 18.2 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.

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