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NorthWestern Energy — power plant portfolio

NorthWestern Energy operates 15 power plants across 2 countries, with a combined installed capacity of 696 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 149,320 t CO₂/yr.

15power plants
696MW total capacity
2countries
149,320t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 10 plants10HydroOil: 2 plants2OilWind: 2 plants2WindGas: 1 plants1Gas

Fleet interpretation

NorthWestern Energy is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 2 countries; the largest concentration is United States of America (15), United States (0).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (10), oil (2), wind (2), gas (1). The largest listed asset is Yellowstone County Generating Station in United States of America (207 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 48 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 1 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 15 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Yellowstone County Generating StationGasUnited States of America207149,320
Thompson FallsHydroUnited States of America98
MoronyHydroUnited States of America63
CochraneHydroUnited States of America60
Rainbow (MT)HydroUnited States of America59
HolterHydroUnited States of America55
RyanHydroUnited States of America55
Spion Kop Wind FarmWindUnited States of America40
Black EagleHydroUnited States of America24
HauserHydroUnited States of America18
MysticHydroUnited States of America12
Two Dot Wind FarmWindUnited States of America10
Madison DamHydroUnited States of America9
Lake (WY)OilUnited States of America3
Old FaithfulOilUnited States of America2

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does NorthWestern Energy operate?

NorthWestern Energy operates 15 power plants across 2 countries, with about 696 MW of total capacity.

What is NorthWestern Energy's largest power plant?

Yellowstone County Generating Station in United States of America is its largest at about 207 MW.

What types of power plants does NorthWestern Energy run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (10), oil (2), wind (2).

How much CO₂ do NorthWestern Energy's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 149,320 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology