American Crystal Sugar Hillsboro
Coal power plant · Traill County, North Dakota
Nameplate capacity
13 MW
Rank in North Dakota
#52
of 63 plants
In service since
1990
September 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- American Crystal Sugar Co
- County
- Traill County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among coal plants in North Dakota
- #6 of 7
- EIA plant code
- 54210
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 13 MW | 13 MW | 1990 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in North Dakota
| Langdon Wind II LLC | Wind | 41 MW |
| Cedar Hills Wind Farm | Wind | 20 MW |
| Velva Windfarm LLC | Wind | 12 MW |
| Enderlin | Other | 9.8 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 13 MW solar plant and a 13 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All North Dakota power plants · What North Dakota actually generates