Wind power in South Dakota

The state of South Dakota is a leader in the U.S. in wind power generation with over 30% of the state's electricity generation coming from wind in 2017. In 2016, South Dakota had 583 turbines with a total capacity of 977 megawatts (MW) of wind generation capacity.South Dakota Fact Sheet, AWEA, accessed May 31, 2016 In 2019, the capacity increased to 1525 MW.Wind Energy in South Dakota

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.U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials Just as in Texas, the construction of new wind farms is transmission line limited.ITC holdings

History South Dakota's first wind farm was the South Dakota Wind Energy Center, built in 2003.South Dakota Wind Energy Projects

In 2018, 324-foot wind turbines were installed in South Dakota, with a capacity of 2,300 kilowatts.

"As of December 2018, South Dakota had 1,018 megawatts of wind power capacity online and running. Another 200 megawatts of wind energy was under construction, and 673 more megawatts spread across dozens of sites are permitted for production."

Summary statistics

+South Dakota wind generating capacity by year Megawatts of generating capacityWINDExchange: U.S. Installed and Potential Wind Power Capacity and Generation

+South Dakota wind generation by year Million kilowatt-hours of electricity

List of wind farms in South Dakota

Wind generation

South Dakota wind generation (GWh, million kWh) Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2002 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2003 43 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 14 16 2004 158 13 15 16 13 15 9 9 11 14 15 13 15 2005 159 12 10 13 17 16 13 12 10 14 13 14 15 2006 147 12 12 16 13 14 9 10 11 11 13 12 14 2007 151 16 11 14 12 15 12 10 9 15 14 13 10 2008 146 11 9 10 14 12 9 8 8 10 14 15 26 2009 420 17 25 25 53 45 25 27 33 37 43 41 49 2010 1,371 84 60 99 130 150 102 97 119 132 130 134 134 2011 2,668 183 264 234 263 283 208 149 157 142 253 275 257 2012 2,354 232 182 234 231 218 187 153 145 162 234 206 170 2013 2,688 260 213 230 272 236 201 157 150 202 256 284 227 2014 2,336 258 200 216 221 192 150 155 101 185 217 250 191 2015 2,498 244 193 226 235 213 158 159 185 207 245 251 182 2016 3,714 274 299 338 383 280 288 235 222 305 334 342 414 2017 2,957 252 273 304 285 258 223 161 133 224 295 266 283 2018 2,837 289 238 280 268 204 245 143 182 230 240 244 274 2019 2,789 222 189 257 260 211 180 183 150 247 275 295 320 2020 5,545 337 433 477 424 415 442 337 410 467 532 591 680 2021 9,322 673 583 934 897 786 660 619 793 777 820 896 884 2022 10,325 917 967 1,089 1,070 711 715 683 661 756 919 991 846 2023 2,696 778 996 922 Source:

+South Dakota wind generation in 2011 and 2012

See also

Solar power in South Dakota Renewable energy in South Dakota Wind power in the United States Renewable energy in the United States

References

External links

South Dakota Wind Activities