Milton R. Young Power Plant is a coal-fire power plant located in Oliver County

Oliver County, North Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,065 people, 791 households, and 604 families residing in the county. The population density was 1/km² . There were 903 housing units at an average density of 0/km²...

, near Center, North Dakota

Center, North Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 678 people, 279 households, and 196 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,743.8 people per square mile . There were 310 housing units at an average density of 797.3 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 93.81% White, 0.44%...

. It consists of 2 units, which went in service in 1970, respectively 1972 and have a generation capacity of 250 MW, respectively 455 MW. The used coal comes from Center Mine. Milton R. Young Power Plant is startpoint of HVDC Square Butte

Square Butte

Square Butte is the designation of a high voltage direct current transmission line in the USA between the Milton R. Young Power Plant near Center, North Dakota at and the Arrowhead converter station near Adolph, MN at . It was built by Minnkota Power Cooperative and Minnesota Power and went in...

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The smokestack of the station measures 167.64 metres.

External links

• http://www.powerofcoal.com/?id=30&page=Milton+R+Young+Station