Mines & Plants

Lignite Mines

Power Generation Plants

Coal Creek Station

Coal Creek Station, owned and operated by Rainbow Energy Center, located near the Missouri River between Underwood and Washburn. The power plant has a long history in North Dakota. Ground breaking began in 1974 and...

Coyote Station

Coyote Station is a coal-fired generating unit located near Beulah, ND, and is owned by four companies: Montana-Dakota Utilities, Northern Municipal Power Agency, Otter Tail Power Company, and NorthWestern Energy Group. The plant’s one generating...

Leland Olds Station

Basin Electric Power Cooperative owns and operates the Leland Olds Station, Stanton, ND. The generating capacity of its two units is 660 MW. It became Basin Electric’s first power plant when the first unit began...

Poly-Generation Plants

Great Plains Synfuels Plant

Basin Electric Power Cooperative, through its for-profit subsidiary, Dakota Gasification Company, owns and operates the Great Plains Synfuels Plant located near Beulah, ND. The Synfuels Plant is the only commercial-scale coal gasification plant in the...

Spiritwood Station

The Spiritwood Station, Spiritwood, ND, is a first of its kind in North Dakota. The power plant generates two primary products – electricity and steam. The plant has the capacity to generate up to 99...