Power Plants in North Dakota

North Dakota operates 71 power plants totaling 10,074 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind dominates the mix at 45%, followed by Coal (40%) and Natural Gas (8%). The largest plant is Coal Creek at 1,215 MW.

Plant locations

Largest plants in North Dakota

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Coal Creek	Underwood	Coal	1,216 MW
Antelope Valley	Beulah	Coal	954 MW
Milton R Young	Center	Coal	734 MW
Leland Olds	Stanton	Coal	656 MW
Garrison	Riverside	Hydroelectric	583 MW
Coyote	Beulah	Coal	450 MW
Lonesome Creek Station	Alexander	Natural Gas	363 MW
Aurora Wind Project	Tioga	Wind	299 MW
Pioneer Generation Station	Williston	Natural Gas	293 MW
Bison 4 Wind Energy Center	New Salem	Wind	205 MW
Courtenay Wind Farm	Courtenay	Wind	200 MW
Emmons-Logan Wind, Llc	Linton	Wind	200 MW
Burke Wind, Llc	Bowbells	Wind	199 MW
Oliver Wind Iv	Hannover	Wind	199 MW
Tatanka Wind Power Llc	Ashley	Wind	180 MW
Thunder Spirit Wind, Llc	Hettinger	Wind	156 MW
Merricourt Wind Energy Center	Kulm	Wind	150 MW
Border Winds Wind Farm	Rolla	Wind	150 MW
Lindahl Wind Project, Llc	Tioga	Wind	150 MW
Brady Ii Wind Energy Center	Dickinson	Wind	150 MW
Brady Wind Energy Center	Dickinson	Wind	150 MW
Foxtail Wind, Llc	Forbes	Wind	150 MW
Rugby Wind Power Project	Barton	Wind	149 MW
Fpl Energy Ashtabula Wind Llc	Luverne	Wind	149 MW
Ashtabula Wind Ii Llc	Luverne	Wind	120 MW
Langdon Renewables, Llc	Langdon	Wind	119 MW
Prairie Winds Nd1	Minot	Wind	116 MW
Glen Ullin Energy Center	Glen Ullin	Wind	107 MW
Spiritwood Station	Spiritwood	Natural Gas	106 MW
Bison 2 Wind Energy Center	New Salem	Wind	105 MW
Bison 3 Wind Energy Center	New Salem	Wind	105 MW
Sunflower Wind Project	Mandan	Wind	104 MW
Baldwin Wind Llc	Wilton	Wind	102 MW
New Frontier Wind	Ruso	Wind	100 MW
Oliver Wind Iii, Llc	Mandan	Wind	99.3 MW
R M Heskett	Mandan	Natural Gas	88.0 MW
Bison I Wind Energy Center	New Salem	Wind	81.8 MW
Ashtabula Wind Iii Llc	Luverne	Wind	62.4 MW
Fpl Energy North Dakota Wind I/Ii	Edgeley	Wind	61.5 MW
Fpl Energy Oliver Wind I Llc	Center	Wind	50.6 MW
Fpl Energy Burleigh County Wind	Wilton	Wind	49.5 MW
Luverne Wind Energy Center	Luverne	Wind	49.5 MW
Wilton Wind Ii Llc	Wilton	Wind	49.5 MW
Jamestown	Jamestown	Oil	48.2 MW
Fpl Energy Oliver Wind Ii Llc	Center	Wind	48.0 MW
Ashtabula Wind Energy Center	Luverne	Wind	48.0 MW
Langdon Wind Ii Llc	Osnabrock	Wind	40.5 MW
Langdon Wind Energy Center	Langdon	Wind	40.5 MW
Cedar Hills Wind Farm	Rhame	Wind	19.5 MW
American Crystal Sugar Hillsboro	Hillsboro	Coal	13.3 MW

By county

Mercer County6 plants · 2,643 MWMclean County2 plants · 1,215 MWOliver County4 plants · 1,031 MWMorton County10 plants · 907 MWWilliams County5 plants · 741 MWMckenzie County1 plants · 363 MWStutsman County3 plants · 354 MWDickey County2 plants · 330 MWStark County2 plants · 300 MWBarnes County3 plants · 258 MWBurleigh County3 plants · 201 MWEmmons County1 plants · 200 MWCavalier County3 plants · 199 MWBurke County1 plants · 199 MWSteele County2 plants · 169 MWAdams County1 plants · 155 MWMcintosh County2 plants · 150 MWRolette County1 plants · 150 MWPierce County1 plants · 149 MWWard County2 plants · 120 MWMchenry County2 plants · 111 MWLamoure County1 plants · 61 MWBowman County2 plants · 19 MWTraill County2 plants · 17 MWRansom County1 plants · 9 MWPembina County2 plants · 6 MWWalsh County1 plants · 4 MWCass County2 plants · 2 MWRichland County2 plants · 1 MWGrand Forks County1 plants · 0 MW