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EIA plant 56607

Minot · Ward · ND

Prairie Winds ND1

Operated by Basin Electric Power Coop

Annual generation310,646 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWNDCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthwest Power PoolBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Prairie Winds ND1?

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47.933621, -101.269189

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyOnshore Wind Turbine115.5 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

132,381
224,656
323,497
424,524
526,445
628,094
715,046
827,189
922,945
1023,327
1124,891
1237,651

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
132,381
224,656
323,497
424,524
526,445
628,094
715,046
827,189
922,945
1023,327
1124,891
1237,651

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
132,381 MWh
224,656 MWh
323,497 MWh
424,524 MWh
526,445 MWh
628,094 MWh
715,046 MWh
827,189 MWh
922,945 MWh
1023,327 MWh
1124,891 MWh
1237,651 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
ND1Onshore Wind TurbineWND115.5OP

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EIA plant ID
56607
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 12 has the highest recorded value (37,651 MWh) and 7 the lowest (15,046 MWh). Their difference is 22,605 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
ND1Onshore Wind Turbine115.5115.5115.50.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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