Wind power in South Dakota
Wind resource map of South Dakota
The state of South Dakota led the U.S. in wind power generation with 22.3% of the state's electricity generation coming from wind in 2011.[1] South Dakota has over 800 megawatts (MW) of wind generation capacity.[2]
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.[3] Just as in Texas, the construction of new wind farms is transmission line limited.[4]
South Dakota's first wind farm was the South Dakota Wind Energy Center, built in 2003.[5]
Summary statistics
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Wind power per capita |
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List of wind farms in South Dakota
The following is an incomplete list of wind farms.
- * 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:[7][8]
South Dakota Wind Generation in 2011 and 2012
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See also
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