Grande Prairie Wind Farm

OperatingWind

Ranked #1 of 36 Wind plants in NE#42 of 1442 nationally

400 MW Wind operating in Holt, NE — Southwest Power Pool

EIAGEMWD

400 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2016

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

42.6081, -98.4283

County

Holt, NE

Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	BHE Renewables, LLC	BHE Renewables	—
Owner(s)	BHE Renewables, LLC	Berkshire Hathaway	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

The Grande Prairie Wind Farm is a 400 megawatt (MW) wind farm spanning northeastern Holt County in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It increased wind generating capacity in the state by 50% to become the largest such facility upon its completion in late 2016. It is owned and operated by Berkshire Hathaway Energy and the power is being sold to the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).

Read more on Wikipedia

Grande Prairie Wind Farm is a 400 MW wind power plant located in Holt County, Nebraska. The facility began operating in 2016 and is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, with BHE Renewables, LLC as the operator. The plant utilizes a single generator consisting of onshore wind turbines. Specifically, it employs Vestas V110-2.0 model turbines, characterized by a rotor diameter of 110 meters and a hub height of 80 meters.

The plant's latest annual generation was 1,420,392 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 40.6%. Grande Prairie Wind Farm is the largest of 12 wind farms in Nebraska and ranks 39th out of 734 wind facilities nationally. The plant is connected to the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) balancing authority and resides within the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) NERC region.

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Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

MRO

Balancing Authority

Southwest Power Pool

Grid Voltage

345 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Independent Power Producer

Sector

IPP Non-CHP

Generation

58.6K MWh

Latest Month

1.4M MWh

Annual Generation

40.6%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2023 – Dec 2025

Financial Data

No financial data available for this plant.

Pricing & Market Data

HIGH confidence

Point of Interconnection

Nearest Substation

Grande Prairie Wind Farm Substation · 345 kV

Substation Distance

0 km

Coord Source

OSM spatial

Market Position

ISO/RTO Market

SPP

LMP Node

WAUE.OPPD.GRPR1

Pricing Hub

SPP North Hub

Node Source

Curated node match

News & Articles (10)Beta

General

Surge Announces Former Berkshire Hathaway Energy Executive Mr. Richard Weech Joins the Board as an Independent Director

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Regulatory·ferc order

Neb., Miss. Utilities to Pay $186K in Penalties

FERC approved settlements between subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Southern Co. and their regional entities over violations of...

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RTO Insider·6 months ago

General

Foreign companies are deeply involved in Nebraska farmland – but not how you think

In Flatwater Free Press's analysis of the top 100 buyers of the past five years, only one foreign buyer appears: Blackshirt Feeders LP, a cattle feedlot in...

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