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Battery Storage Developer Addresses Risks And Benefits of North Dakota Project

By Bill Dubensky Nov 21, 2025 | 5:37 AM

(Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

 

(North Dakota Monitor) – Emmons County residents had mixed but mostly positive opinions Thursday about a project that would be North Dakota’s first-ever battery storage site.

NextEra, the company overseeing the project, is looking to build an estimated $181 million to $191 million Battery Energy Storage System project that would use massive batteries to harbor wind energy when it’s produced in excess — on days when wind harnessed by turbines exceed demand for electricity. Utility regulators will decide whether to give the proposal the final green light.

The batteries would be stored on 24 acres of an existing wind farm operated by NextEra. Storage sites are typically empty fields peppered with rows of massive, highly-secure battery units similar in size to shipping containers.

Similar projects have been popping up across the country as a way to smooth out grid congestion tied to energy sources variable generation. The technology receives production tax incentives from the federal government.

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