Velva Windfarm LLC
Wind power plant · McHenry County, North Dakota
Nameplate capacity
12 MW
Rank in North Dakota
#53
of 63 plants
In service since
2005
December 2005
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Acciona Wind Energy USA LLC
- County
- McHenry County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.11%
- Rank among wind plants in North Dakota
- #41 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 56670
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VW1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 12 MW | 12 MW | 2005 | 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
| Cedar Hills Wind Farm | Wind | 20 MW |
| American Crystal Sugar Hillsboro | Coal | 13 MW |
| Enderlin | Other | 9.8 MW |
| Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant | Natural gas | 9.3 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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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