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FPL Energy North Dakota Wind I/II

Wind power plant in North Dakota, United States of America. Approximate location 46.3272, -98.8984.

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FPL Energy North Dakota Wind I/II is a 62 MW wind power plant in North Dakota, United States of America. It is operated by FPL Energy North Dakota Wind LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 136 GWh, it can supply roughly 38,714 homes. It ranks #2503 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2003, it is around 23 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

62MW installed capacity
136GWh reported / yr
38,714homes powered
2003commissioned (~23 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056099.

Reported generation trend

2013: 136 GWh20132014: 180 GWh20142015: 175 GWh20152016: 168 GWh20162017: 162 GWh20172018: 145 GWh20182019: 136 GWh2019180 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by FPL Energy North Dakota Wind LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 46.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

5.5°Cannual mean temp
4,738heating degree-days (base 18°C)
190cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
500 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -12 °CJF: -9 °CFM: -2 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 8 °CON: -2 °CND: -10 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 93% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 92/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #585 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,477 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 46.3272, -98.8984 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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