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Renewable Energies
North Dakota is in the forefront in the search for renewable energy sources.
- Windpower - North Dakota has an outstanding wind resource. Providing more available wind for development than any other state.
- North Dakota's first wind farm, a 40-megawatt (MW) facility with 27 turbines, opened in 2003 near Edgeley.
- North Dakota leads the nation in utility scale wind resource development potential.
- North Dakota is currently ranked 11th in the nation in installed utility scale wind power.
- Nearly 500 wind towers have been erected in North Dakota, with major projects operating in seven North Dakota counties.
- One of the world's largest wind farms with more than 1,300 wind towers generating a total of 2,000 MW is proposed for Ward, Burke and Moutrail counties in northwestern North Dakota. Currently, the 47,000-acre Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Texas is the world's largest wind farm with 421 turbines generating a total capacity of 735 MW.
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- GoE - North Dakota's own brand of ethanol-blended fuel.
- The biodiesel industry is beginning to take hold with a canola-based biodiesel facility at Velva capable of producing 85 million gallons per year.
- North Dakota State Univeristy estimates that bioenergy production has the potential to generate $800 million in direct annual contributions to North Dakota's economy.
- Each year, North Dakota ethanol plants use 13 million bushels of corn grown by our farmers to produce 35 million gallons of GoE.
- GoE production provides the third largest in-state market for corn.
Click here for more information on ethanol and North Dakota.
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