Power Generation for Big Sky Country to Get Big Boost

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Developers in Big Sky Country (Montana) plan to add 3,175 megawatts (MW) to the existing 5,500 MW of operational generating units. The operational power in the state is primarily fossil-fueled with hydroelectric coming in second. Plans for new generation continue to rely on coal but with a heavy addition of wind power.

Fossil-fuel-fired generation will be the primary source of new power, but wind will also add more than 1,000 MW to the mix. Renewable fuels will still provide more than 40% of the state’s generation after the new generation goes online. Windfarms to be added range from 10 MW to the 300-MW McCormick Ranch Wind Park near Cut Bank, Montana, owned by Naturener USA (San Francisco, California) a subsidiary of Naturener SA (Madrid, Spain). The fossil-fuel plants planned include the 95-MW Culberson Peaking Station near Culberson owned by Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Bismarck, North Dakota), the 250-MW coal integrated gasification combined-cycle plant owned by DKRW Energy LLC (Houston Texas) and the 500-MW conventional pulverized coal Nelson Creek Power Plant (Circle, Montana) being developed by Great Northern Power Development LP (Denver, Colorado).

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