List of power stations in South Dakota

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 2021, South Dakota had a total summer capacity of 4,169 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 18,827 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation in 2022 was 54.8% wind, 29.2% hydroelectric, 10% coal and 5.7% natural gas.[1]

Sources of South Dakota utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2022 [1]

  Wind (54.8%)
  Hydroelectric (29.2%)
  Coal (10%)
  Natural Gas (5.7%)
  Petroleum (0.2%)
  Biomass (0.1%)

During 2021, South Dakota was among the top U.S. states in its share of renewable electricity generation. It was also among the top states in per-capita consumption. In recent years, more electricity was consumed than was produced and wind generation has been expanding rapidly in the state.[3]

Nuclear power stations

The Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station was an early commercial and demonstration plant near Sioux Falls that generated up to 59 MW of grid-connected electricity for brief periods during years 1966–1967.[4] The single BWR reactor was decommissioned in 1967, the facility converted to use oil & gas in 1968, and ultimately retired in the early 2000s. The reactor and other nuclear components were removed in 1990.[5] South Dakota had no utility-scale plants that used fissile material as a fuel in 2019.[1]

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]

Coal
Plant Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Owner Year
Opened		 Scheduled
Retirement		 Ref
Ben French Pennington County 44°05′14″N 103°15′40″W 25 Black Hills Corp 1961 2014 [7]
Big Stone Grant County 45°18′13″N 96°30′36″W 475 Otter Tail 1975 TBD [8]

Natural Gas
Plant Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Generation Type Owner Year
Opened		 Ref
Aberdeen Brown County 45°25′48″N 98°29′38″W 52 Simple Cycle Northwestern Energy 2013
Angus Anson Minnehaha County 43°36′13″N 96°38′08″W 327 Simple Cycle (x3) Northwestern Energy 1994/2005
Ben French Pennington County 44°05′14″N 103°15′40″W 68 Simple Cycle (x4) Black Hills Corp 1965/1994/2005
Deer Creek Station Brookings County 44°17′27″N 96°31′36″W 295 1x1 Combined Cycle Basin Electric Power Coop 2012 [9]
Groton Generating Station Brown County 45°22′25″N 98°05′55″W 169 Simple Cycle (x2) Basin Electric Power Coop 2006/2008 [10]
Huron Beadle County 44°22′10″N 98°10′20″W 55 Simple Cycle (x2) Northwestern Energy 1961/1991
Lange GT Pennington County 44°07′13″N 103°15′36″W 34 Simple Cycle Black Hills Corp 2002
OREG Clark Clark County 5.5[A] ORC Generator Basin Electric Power Coop / Ormat 2006 [11][12]
OREG Estelline Hamlin County 5.5[A] ORC Generator Basin Electric Power Coop / Ormat 2007 [11][12]
OREG Wetonka McPherson County 5.5[A] ORC Generator Basin Electric Power Coop / Ormat 2006 [11][12]
POET Biorefining - Hudson Lincoln County 43°05′49″N 96°28′37″W 3.6 Steam Turbine POET LLC 2019 [13]
Yankton Yankton County 42°53′36″N 97°21′12″W 8.7 Reciprocating Engine (x2) Northwestern Energy 1963/1974/1975

A Waste heat recovery from natural-gas-fired turbines at compressor stations on the Northern Border Pipeline.

Petroleum
Plant Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Generation Type Owner Year
Opened		 Ref
Aberdeen Brown County 45°25′48″N 98°29′38″W 20.5 Simple Cycle Northwestern Energy 1978
Ben French Pennington County 44°05′14″N 103°15′40″W 10 Reciprocating Engine (x5) Black Hills Corp 1965/1994/2005
Clark Clark County 44°52′35″N 97°43′56″W 2.6 Reciprocating Engine Northwestern Energy 1970
Faulkton Faulk County 45°02′12″N 99°07′13″W 2.5 Reciprocating Engine Northwestern Energy 1969
Fort Pierre Stanley County 44°22′05″N 100°22′51″W 6 Reciprocating Engine (x3) City of Ft. Pierre 2004
Lake Preston Kingsbury County 44°21′54″N 97°22′52″W 20 Simple Cycle Otter Tail 1978 [14]
Watertown Power Plant Codington County 44°54′06″N 97°06′30″W 50 Simple Cycle Missouri Basin Mun Pwr 1978
Yankton Yankton County 42°53′36″N 97°21′12″W 4.8 Reciprocating Engine (x2) Northwestern Energy 1963/1974/1975

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]

Biomass
Plant Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Generation Type Fuel Type Owner Year
Opened		 Ref
POET Biorefining - Chancellor Hughes County 43°22′14″N 96°57′35″W 5.4 Steam Turbine Wood/
Wood Waste		 POET LLC 2018 [15]

Hydroelectric
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in South Dakota
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Number Of
Turbines		 Owner Year
Opened		 Ref
Big Bend Dam Buffalo County 44°02′18″N 99°26′47″W 494.1 8 United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District 1964-1966
Fort Randall Dam Charles Mix County 43°03′55″N 98°33′14″W 320 8 United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District 1954-1956
Gavins Point Dam Yankton County 42°50′56″N 97°28′53″W 132 3 United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District 1956-1957
Oahe Dam Hughes County 44°27′01″N 100°23′12″W 784 7 United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District 1962-1963
Spearfish Hydro Lawrence County 44°28′42″N 103°51′17″W 4 2 City of Spearfish 1912 [16]

Former facilities:

Solar
See also: Solar power in South Dakota
Plant Location Coordinates Capacity
(MWAC)		 Owner Year
Opened		 Ref
Pierre Solar Hughes County 44°23′20″N 100°18′25″W 1.0 Geronimo Energy
City of Pierre		 2016 [18]

Wind
See also: Wind power in South Dakota

See also list of farms from the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.[19]

Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Number Of
Turbines		 Owner Year
Opened		 Ref
Aurora County Wind Aurora County 43°43′08″N 98°45′07″W 20 9 Con Ed 2018
Beethoven Wind Bon Homme County 43°09′36″N 98°04′48″W 80 43 Northwestern Energy 2015
Brule County Wind Brule County 43°43′01″N 98°55′19″W 20 9 Con Ed 2018
Buffalo Ridge Wind Brookings County 44°31′41″N 96°37′36″W 260 129 Avangrid 2009/2010
Campbell County Wind Campbell County 45°45′12″N 100°16′30″W 97.8 56 Con Ed 2015
Chamberlain Wind Brule County 43°50′55″N 99°14′51″W 2.6 2 Basin Electric Coop 2002
Coyote Ridge Wind Brookings County 44°27′00″N 96°33′00″W 98 38 WEP Energy Group 2019
Crocker Wind Clark County 45°03′05″N 97°49′35″W 200 77 Geronimo Energy 2019 [20]
Crowned Ridge Wind Codington County
Grant County		 45°09′18″N 96°50′12″W 200 87 NextEra Energy 2019 [21]
Day County Wind Day County 45°12′54″N 97°54′20″W 99 66 Nextera Energy 2019
MinnDakota Wind Brookings County 44°16′00″N 96°20′40″W 54 36 Avangrid 2008
Oak Tree Wind Clark County 44°56′00″N 97°44′29″W 19.5 11 Con Ed 2014
Prairie Winds Jerauld County
Aurora County
Brule County		 43°53′11″N 98°47′15″W 162 101 Basin Electric Coop 2011
Prevailing Wind Park Bon Homme County
Charles Mix County
Coddington County		 43°02′20″N 97°31′34″W 219.6 57 S-Power 2020 [22]
South Dakota Wind Energy Center Hyde County 44°32′57″N 99°30′00″W 40.5 27 NextEra Energy 2003
Tatanka Wind Farm McPherson County 45°56′N 98°58′W 190
(88.5 in SD)		 179
(59 in SD)		 Acciona 2008 [23]
Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm Deuel County 44°35′31″N 96°34′34″W 154.8 56 WEC Energy Group
Avangrid		 2021 [24]
Titan Wind Project
(Rolling Thunder Wind)		 Hand County 44°28′40″N 99°08′02″W 25 10 American Electric Power 2009
Triple H Wind Project Hyde County 44°24′04″N 99°36′14″W 250 92 ENGIE US 2020 [25][26]
Wessington Springs Wind Jeraud County 44°00′09″N 98°35′27″W 51 34 NextEra Energy 2009
Willow Creek Wind Hand County 44°49′33″N 103°12′27″W 103 38 Ørsted 2020

Storage power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]

Battery storage
Plant Name Location Coordinates Discharge
Capacity (MW)		 Storage
Capacity (MWh)		 Owner/Distributor Year
Opened		 Ref
Rolling Thunder Wind Hybrid Hand County 44°28′40″N 99°08′02″W 0.21 0.84 AE Power Services 2018 [27][28]

HVDC converter stations
See also: List of HVDC projects
Project Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Voltage
(kV)		 Year
Opened		 Ref
Rapid City B2B Converter Station Pennington County 44°00′37″N 103°09′54″W 200 13 2003 [29][30][31]

References
  1. "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, South Dakota, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–22". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. "South Dakota Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. "South Dakota Electricity Profile Analysis". U.S. EIA. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  4. "Pathfinder". pris.iaea.org. International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. "Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities". www.world-nuclear.org. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  6. Energy Information Administration (15 September 2020). "Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)". eia.gov. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
  7. "Ben French Power Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. "Big Stone Power Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. NBC News retrieved 30 July 2010
  10. "Groton Generating Station". Basin Electric Coop. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  11. "Co-ops Expanding" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010. retrieved 5 August 2010
  12. "Recovered Energy Generation". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  13. "POET: Hudson, SD". POET, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  14. "Combustion turbines". Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010. Combustion turbines, retrieved 3 August 2010
  15. "POET: Chancellor, SD". POET, LLC. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  16. "Hydro Plant". City of Spearfish. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  17. Michael Zimny (14 November 2019). "Why is Johnson Siding, South Dakota called "Johnson Siding"?". South Dakota Public Radio.
  18. Kenzie Wagner (19 July 2016). "Pierre Solar Project Set To Be Largest In State". South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
  19. "South Dakota Wind Energy Projects". South Dakota PUC. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  20. "Geronimo Energy begins operations of 200MW Crocker Wind Farm in South Dakota, US". www.nsenergybusiness.com. 6 December 2019.
  21. "Crowned Ridge Wind II" (PDF). Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC. 9 July 2019.
  22. "sPower signs 30-year PPA for South Dakota wind farm". www.windpowerengineering.com. 28 February 2018.
  23. "Tatanka Wind Farm". Acciona. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  24. "155-MW Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm providing power to South Dakota electric cooperative customers". Windpower Engineering&Development. 20 January 2021.
  25. "Triple H". ENGIE US. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  26. Michelle Froese (28 July 2019). "South Dakota approves 250.5-MW Triple H Wind project". Windpower Engineering&Development.
  27. Michelle Froese (11 April 2018). "BP launches wind & battery storage project with Tesla". Windpower Engineering&Development.
  28. "Tesla batteries in place at BP's 25-MW wind farm in S Dakota". renewablesnow.com. Renewables Now. 15 November 2018.
  29. "Energy Education: DC ties serve critical role in connecting the grid". www.nmppenergy.org. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  30. "HVDC-Rapid City". Hitachi ABB. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  31. "Rapid City Reliability" (PDF). ABB. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.