Bison I Wind Energy Center
Wind power plant · Morton County, North Dakota
Nameplate capacity
82 MW
Rank in North Dakota
#39
of 63 plants
In service since
2010
December 2010
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- ALLETE, Inc.
- County
- Morton County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.73%
- Rank among wind plants in North Dakota
- #29 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 57038
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHS2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 45 MW | 45 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| PHS1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 37 MW | 37 MW | 2010 | 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
| New Frontier Wind | Wind | 100 MW |
| Oliver Wind III, LLC | Wind | 99 MW |
| Ashtabula Wind III LLC | Wind | 62 MW |
| FPL Energy North Dakota Wind I/II | Wind | 62 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 82 MW solar plant and a 82 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