Border Winds Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Rolette County, North Dakota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Rolette County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.34%
- Rank among wind plants in North Dakota
- #11 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 59200
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 150 MW | 148 MW | 2015 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 150 MW solar plant and a 150 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