Prairie Winds ND1
Wind power plant · Ward County, North Dakota
Nameplate capacity
116 MW
Rank in North Dakota
#30
of 63 plants
In service since
2009
December 2009
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Basin Electric Power Coop
- County
- Ward County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.03%
- Rank among wind plants in North Dakota
- #21 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 56607
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 116 MW | 116 MW | 2009 | 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
| Ashtabula Wind II LLC | Wind | 120 MW |
| Langdon Renewables, LLC | Wind | 119 MW |
| Glen Ullin Energy Center | Wind | 107 MW |
| Spiritwood Station | Natural gas | 106 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 116 MW solar plant and a 116 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