Bison 3 Wind Energy Center
Wind power plant · Morton County, North Dakota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- ALLETE, Inc.
- County
- Morton County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.94%
- Rank among wind plants in North Dakota
- #24 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 57801
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISO3 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 105 MW | 105 MW | 2012 | 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
| Spiritwood Station | Natural gas | 106 MW |
| Bison 2 Wind Energy Center | Wind | 105 MW |
| Sunflower Wind Project | Wind | 104 MW |
| Baldwin Wind LLC | Wind | 102 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 105 MW solar plant and a 105 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