List of power stations in South Dakota
This list includes hydroelectric, fossil-fuel, wind, and other power stations in South Dakota. South Dakota generating stations had a combined summer capacity of 3105 MW in 2008.[1]
Plant Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Fuel | Energy distributor | Remarks |
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Spirit Mound | Vermillion | 120 (winter) | Oil | Basin Electric Power Cooperative | Peaking. Two units, started 1978[2] |
Chamberlain Wind Project | Brule | 2.6 | Wind | Basin Electric Power Coop | Started 2002 |
Groton Generating Station | Brown | 192 | Gas | Basin Electric Power Coop | Started 2006 [3] |
Deer Creek | Brookings | 300 | Gas | Basin Electric Power Coop | Under construction, 2012 expected start date [4] |
Wetonka | 5.5 | Waste heat | Basin Electric Power Coop | Natural gas pipeline compressor waste heat recovery, started 2006[5] | |
Clark | 5.5 | Waste heat | Basin Electric Power Coop | started 2006 | |
Estelline | 5.5 | Waste heat | Basin Electric Power Coop | started 2006 | |
Ben French | Pennington | 25 | Coal | Black Hills Corp | Started 1961, closed 2014 |
Lange Gas Turbines | Pennington | 40 | Gas | Black Hills Corp | |
Titan Wind Phase 1 | Hand | 25 | Wind | BP Alternative Energy | Started 2009, part of 5000MW Titan Wind Project |
City of Ft. Pierre | Stanley | 6 | Diesel | Missouri River Energy Services | |
South Dakota Wind Energy Center | Hyde | 40.5 | Wind | NextEra Energy Resources | Start 2003 |
Day County Wind Energy Center | Groton | 99 | Wind | NextEra Energy Resources | Start 2010 |
Watertown Power Plant | Codington | 48.75 | Combustion Turbine | Missouri River Energy Services | |
Angus Anson | Minnehaha | 210 | Gas | Xcel Energy | |
Aberdeen CT | Brown | 28.8 | Northwestern Energy | ||
Clark | Clark | 2.7 | Northwestern Energy | ||
Faulkton | Faulkton | 2.7 | Northwestern Energy | ||
Highmore | Hyde | 4.6 | Northwestern Energy | ||
Huron | Beadle | 57.9 | Gas | Northwestern Energy | |
Mobile Unit | Beadle | 2.2 | Northwestern Energy | ||
Redfield | Spink | 3.9 | Northwestern Energy | ||
Webster | Day | 2.6 | Northwestern Energy | ||
Yankton | Yankton | 13.4 | Northwestern Energy | ||
Lake Preston | Kingsbury | 26 | Oil | Otter Tail | Combustion turbine[6] |
Big Stone | Milbank | 475 | Coal | Otter Tail | Started 1981 |
Oahe Dam | Hughes | 784 | Hydro | United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District | |
Fort Randall Dam | Charles Mix | 320 | Hydro | United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District | |
Big Bend Dam | Buffalo | 494.1 | Hydro | United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District | |
Gavins Point Dam | Yankton | 132 | Hydro | United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District | |
Minn Dakota Wind LLC | 150 | Wind | PPM Energy |
Future and former power stations
- Deer Creek, near Brookings, 300 MW, natural gas (under construction)
- Johnson Siding Dam decommissioned 1930's
- Northern States Power Company Pathfinder Repowered former nuclear plant, converted to gas and oil in 1968, no longer operating
References
- "Department of Energy profile for South Dakota". Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- http://www.basinelectric.com/Electricity/Generation/Spirit_Mound_Station/index.html Spirit Mound Station, retrieved 30 July 2010
- http://www.basinelectric.com/Electricity/Generation/Groton_Generation_Station/index.html Groton Generating Station, retrieved 30 July 2010
- NBC News retrieved 30 July 2010
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Co-ops expanding, retrieved 5 August 2010
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Combustion turbines, retrieved 3 August 2010
External links
- South Dakota and coal at SourceWatch
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