The company’s plans for the area include building data centers with as much as 300 megawatts of electricity demand.

A re-zoning vote clears the way for North Dakota’s largest coal-fired plant to potentially power digital infrastructure.

Coal Creek Station, built in the 1970s, is located between Underwood and Washburn and is North Dakota’s largest coal-fired power plant. It has two units, each rated at 550 megawatts.

Coal Creek Station, North Dakota's largest coal-fired power plant, is seen in May 2020 near the town of Underwood. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor. By Adam Willis. June 30, 2021 at 2:34 PM.

WILLISTON, N.D. — Nearly 3 million gallons of saltwater generated by oil drilling have leaked from a North Dakota pipeline, an official said Wednesday, the largest such spill since the state’s ...

Beaver Creek in Linton has entered flood stage, but so far, the extra water is doing no damage. According to the National Weather Service, the creek was up to 9.54 feet by 3 p.m. Monday. The ...

In North Dakota, some officials are trying to defend coal by blocking new wind turbines. Energy. ... announced that it planned to sell its Coal Creek Station, north of Bismarck, ND.

North Dakota's DEQ had previously approved the liner at Coal Creek before it came under federal jurisdiction. The EPA in 2023, however, found that the liner would not adequately protect ...

Electronic monitoring equipment failed to detect a pipeline rupture that spewed more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil into a North Dakota creek, the pipeline's operator said Monday.

The state of North Dakota has been working to find a buyer for the plant near Underwood, which Great River's CEO David Saggau said last May he had tried to give away for $1 — but found no takers.

North Dakota said a ruptured pipeline at an oil production site spilled about 300 barrels of a mixture of crude oil and salty waste water, some of which contaminated a creek in the western part of ...

Great River announced in May 2020 it would close Coal Creek — North Dakota largest coal-fired power plant — as it pivots to more wind and natural gas generation.