Wind power in North Dakota

[1] 2,996 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity had been installed for wind power in North Dakota at the end of 2017.

The 105 MW Thunder Spirit wind farm, completed in 2015, was expected to have a capacity factor greater than 45 percent.

[4][5] North Dakota hosts a growing number of utility-scale wind farms in all regions of the state (view map at left).

[6] The state had the highest per-capita wind generation in the nation in 2017 according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (see figure at right).

Source:[9] North Dakota wind generation is strong year-round, and tends to be strongest during the spring and fall.