Coal Creek Station

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Coal Creek Station is a large power plant in North Dakota, USA. Located near the Missouri River between Underwood, North Dakota and Washburn, North Dakota, it is the largest lignite-fired electricity plant in North Dakota. Its two generators are each rated at 550 megawatts, with a peak total production of nearly 1.2 gigawatts.

The station is owned by Great River Energy, an alliance of Minnesota rural electric cooperatives, and trasmits its power to Minnesota over a 700 km HVDC transmission line which is operated at +/- 400kV. The line and plant were completed and put in service by 1981.

[edit] External links

• Great River Energy page
• Lignite.com page