Wind power in South Dakota

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File:South Dakota wind resource map 50m 800.jpg
Wind resource map of South Dakota

The state of South Dakota is a leader in the U.S. in wind power generation with over 25% of the state's electricity generation coming from wind in 2015.[1] South Dakota has 583 turbines with a total capacity of 977 megawatts (MW) of wind generation capacity.[1]

South Dakota is one of the country's windiest states, and has the potential of installing 882,000 MW, and generating 2,902 billion kWh/year.[2] Just as in Texas, the construction of new wind farms is transmission line limited.[3]

South Dakota's first wind farm was the South Dakota Wind Energy Center, built in 2003.[4]

Summary statistics

File:Wind Generation Percentage Bar Chart U.S. 2013.svg
Wind generation percentage
File:Per Capita Wind Power by State 2013.svg
Wind power per capita
Wind power capacity density

List of wind farms in South Dakota

Wind power in South Dakota is located in South Dakota
Buffalo Ridge
Buffalo Ridge
Crow Lake
Crow Lake
Day County
Day County
MinnDakota
MinnDakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
Wessington
Wessington
Wind power projects in South Dakota
  Green pog.svg Operating
  Orange pog.svg Under construction
  Blue pog.svg Proposed

The following is an incomplete list of wind farms.

Name Size (MW) Location Status
Beethoven Wind Farm 80 Tripp June 2015[5]
Buffalo Ridge I Wind Farm 77 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. April 2009
Buffalo Ridge II Wind Farm 210 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. December 2010
Crow Lake Wind Project 162 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. February 2011
Day County Wind Farm 99 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. April 2010
MinnDakota Wind Farm 150 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. January 2008
South Dakota Wind Energy Center 40.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 2003
Tatanka Wind Farm 88.5* Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. March 2008
Titan Wind Project 25 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. December 2009
Wessington Springs Wind Project 51 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. February 2009
* In South Dakota

Wind generation

All across the midwest, the Aermotor Windmill and others like it, have been used for a century for pumping water
South Dakota Wind Generation (GWh, Million kWh)
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
2010 1,372 43 31 51 81 98 67 64 77 132 130 134 134
2011 2,692 184 263 234 301 280 206 148 156 142 253 275 256
2012 2,914 288 224 289 286 270 227 183 174 198 294 262 214
2013 2,687 260 213 230 272 236 201 157 150 201 256 284 227

Source:[6][7]

South Dakota Wind Generation in 2011 and 2012

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Dakota Fact Sheet, AWEA, accessed May 31, 2016
  2. ↑ U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials
  3. ↑ ITC holdings
  4. ↑ South Dakota Wind Energy Projects
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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