New Projects

Spiritwood Station

New projects for making electricity

In addition to the following generation projects we are pursuing, we will need to add significant resources in the coming years to meet growing member demand for electricity in the region. We will need to add approximately 1,100 megawatts of capacity over the next 15 years and also are committed to meeting the 25 percent Minnesota Renewable Energy Standard by 2025. These new resources would be in addition to our increasing load management and conservation efforts.

This combined heat-and-power plant is the first of its kind in North Dakota.

The process of coal drying uses waste heat from Coal Creek Station to make the lignite we use cleaner and more efficient.