North Dakota is a leading U.S. state in wind power generation. The state generated 26.8% of its electricity from wind during year 2017, enough to power over one million homes.[1]
2,996 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity had been installed for wind power in North Dakota at the end of 2017.[1] Additional capacity had been limited by transmission line constraints until the completion of a transmission line from Fargo to central Minnesota in 2015.[2] Capacity further reached 3,628 MW in 2019.[3]
Very favorable wind conditions in the state enable wind farms to achieve capacity factors in excess of 40 percent. The 105 MW Thunder Spirit wind farm, completed in 2015, was expected to have a capacity factor greater than 45 percent.[4][5]
- ^ a b "North Dakota Wind Energy". U.S. Wind Energy State Facts. American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "CapX Quarterly, Feb. 2014" (PDF). CapX2020. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Wind Energy in North Dakota". energy.gov.
- ^ Nordex to supply 43, 2.5 MW turbines for Thunder Spirit project in North Dakota
- ^ Montana-Dakota Utilities Acquires Thunder Spirit Wind Farm