South Dakota Power Plants

Name: South Dakota Power Plant Projects — EIA 860M Data
Creator: U.S. Energy Information Administration
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Power Plants: 57

Operational: 52

Planned: 3

Expanding: 2

Total Capacity (MW): 8,050.4

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Map of South Dakota Power Plants by County

Project Name	County	Status	Capacity (MW)	Units	Generation Type	Operator
Oahe	Hughes	Operational	786.1 MW	7	Hydro	USACE-Omaha
Big Bend Dam	Buffalo	Operational	538.3 MW	8	Hydro	USACE-Omaha
Big Stone	Grant	Operational	451 MW	2	Coal, Oil	Otter Tail Power Co
Angus Anson	Minnehaha	Operational	405.7 MW	3	Gas	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Astoria Station	Deuel	Operational	349 MW	1	Gas	Otter Tail Power Co
Deer Creek Station	Brookings	Operational	324 MW	2	Gas	Basin Electric Power Coop
Fort Randall	Charles Mix	Operational	320 MW	8	Hydro	USACE-Omaha
Dakota Range Wind	Grant	Operational	304 MW	1	Wind	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Deuel Harvest Wind Energy LLC	Deuel	Operational	300 MW	1	Wind	Southern Power Co
Triple H Wind Project	Hyde	Operational	250.2 MW	1	Wind	Engie North America
Prevailing Wind Park	Yankton	Operational	220 MW	1	Wind	AES Distributed Energy
Groton Generation Station	Brown	Operational	216.4 MW	2	Gas	Basin Electric Power Coop
Buffalo Ridge II LLC	Brookings	Operational	210 MW	1	Wind	Avangrid Power LLC
Crowned Ridge Wind II Energy Center	Codington	Operational	200.6 MW	1	Wind	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Crowned Ridge Wind Energy Center	Codington	Operational	200.1 MW	1	Wind	Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC
Crocker Wind Farm	Clark	Operational	200 MW	1	Wind	Geronimo Power
North Bend Wind Project, LLC	Hyde	Operational	200 MW	1	Wind	North Bend Wind Project, LLC
Sweetland Wind Farm, LLC	Hand	Operational	200 MW	1	Wind	Sweetland Wind Farm, LLC
Prairie Winds SD1	Jerauld	Operational	162 MW	3	Wind	Basin Electric Power Coop
Tatanka Ridge	Deuel	Operational	154 MW	1	Wind	Tatanka Ridge LLC
Dakota Range III Wind Project	Grant	Operational	153.6 MW	1	Wind	Engie North America
Toronto Power Plant	Deuel	Planned	145.2 MW	4	Gas	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
Aberdeen CT	Brown	Operational, expanding	143 MW	4	Gas, Oil	NorthWestern Energy - (SD)
Lange Generating Station	Pennington	Operational, expanding	139.6 MW	7	Gas	Black Hills Power, Inc.
Spirit Mound	Clay	Operational	135 MW	2	Oil	Basin Electric Power Coop
Wild Springs	Pennington	Operational	128 MW	1	Solar	Geronimo Power
Ben French	Pennington	Operational	110 MW	9	Gas, Oil	Black Hills Power, Inc.
Willow Creek Wind Power LLC	Butte	Operational	105 MW	1	Wind	Willow Creek Wind Power LLC
Day County Wind LLC	Day	Operational	99 MW	1	Wind	Day County Wind LLC
Grant Solar, LLC	McCook	Planned	99 MW	1	Solar	Geronimo Power
Coyote Ridge	Brookings	Operational	97.4 MW	1	Wind	Coyote Ridge LLC
Campbell County Wind Farm	Campbell	Operational	94.3 MW	1	Wind	RWE Clean Energy
Beethoven Wind	Bon Homme	Operational	80 MW	1	Wind	NorthWestern Energy - (SD)
Fall River Solar, LLC	Fall River	Operational	80 MW	1	Solar	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
Bob Glanzer Generating Station	Beadle	Operational	69 MW	6	Gas	NorthWestern Energy - (SD)
Watertown Power Plant	Codington	Operational	67.5 MW	1	Oil	Missouri Basin Muni Power Agny
Wessington Springs	Jerauld	Operational	51 MW	1	Wind	Wessington Wind
Buffalo Ridge I LLC	Brookings	Operational	50.4 MW	1	Wind	Avangrid Power LLC
South Dakota Wind Energy Cente	Hyde	Operational	40.5 MW	1	Wind	FPL Energy South Dakota Wind LLC
Rolling Thunder Wind Farm Hybrid	Hand	Operational	25.8 MW	2	Wind, Battery	Clearlight Energy Holdings LP
Lake Preston	Kingsbury	Operational	24.1 MW	1	Oil	Otter Tail Power Co
Aurora County Wind	Aurora	Operational	20 MW	1	Wind	RWE Clean Energy
Brule County Wind	Brule	Operational	20 MW	1	Wind	RWE Clean Energy
Oak Tree Energy	Clark	Operational	19.5 MW	1	Wind	RWE Clean Energy
Yankton	Yankton	Operational	13.4 MW	4	Gas, Oil	NorthWestern Energy - (SD)
RE Solar, LLC	Spink	Operational	8.3 MW	1	Solar	Redfield Energy, LLC
Ft. Pierre	Stanley	Operational	6 MW	3	Oil	City of Fort Pierre - (SD)
POET Biorefining - Chancellor	Turner	Operational	5.4 MW	1	Biomass	POET Biorefining- Chancellor
Brookings Solar	Brookings	Planned	4.9 MW	1	Solar	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
Valley Queen Cheese	Grant	Operational	4.5 MW	3	Oil	Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
Spearfish Hydro	Lawrence	Operational	4 MW	2	Hydro	City of Spearfish - (SD)
POET Bioprocessing- Mitchell	Davison	Operational	3.9 MW	1	Gas	POET Bioprocessing- Mitchell
POET Biorefining - Hudson	Lincoln	Operational	3.6 MW	1	Gas	POET Biorefining - Hudson
Clark (SD)	Clark	Operational	2.7 MW	1	Oil	NorthWestern Energy - (SD)
Faulkton	Faulk	Operational	2.7 MW	1	Oil	NorthWestern Energy - (SD)
State Auto Insurance	Grant	Operational	1.7 MW	1	Oil	SLB Milbank LLC
Pierre Solar	Hughes	Operational	1 MW	1	Solar	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny