List of power stations in South Dakota
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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.
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
. South Dakota generating stations had a combined summer capacity of 3105 MW in 2008.
| Energy distributor | Plant Name | Location | Megawatts | Fuel | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Electric Power Cooperative Basin Electric Power Cooperative Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative based in North Dakota that provides electricity to 2.8 million customers in nine U.S. states. The roots of the cooperative go back to 1960 when Leland Olds and ten power suppliers created Giant Power... |
Spirit Mound | Vermillion | 120 (winter) | Oil | Peaking. Two units, started 1978 |
| Basin Electric Power Coop | Chamberlain Wind Project | Brule | 2.6 | Wind | Started 2002 |
| Basin Electric Power Coop | Groton Generating Station | Brown | 192 | Gas | Started 2006 |
| Basin Electric Power Coop | Deer Creek | Brookings | 300 | Gas | Under construction, 2012 expected start date |
| Basin Electric Power Coop | Wetonka | 5.5 | Waste heat | Natural gas pipeline compressor waste heat recovery, started 2006 | |
| Basin Electric Power Coop | Clark | 5.5 | Waste heat | started 2006 | |
| Basin Electric Power Coop | Estalline | 5.5 | Waste heat | started 2006 | |
| Black Hills Corp Black Hills Corporation Black Hills Corporation is a Rapid City, South Dakota diversified energy company that is an electric and gas utility in South Dakota and Wyoming and sells power throughout the American West.... |
Ben French | Pennington | 25 | Coal | Started 1961 |
| Black Hills Corp | Lange Gas Turbines | Pennington | 40 | Gas | |
| BP Alternative Energy BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
Titan Wind Phase 1 | Hand | 25 | Wind | Started 2009, part of 5000MW Titan Wind Project Titan Wind Project The Titan Wind Project is a proposed 5,050 MW wind farm project, formerly known as Rolling Thunder, based in South Dakota. The project developers, Clipper Windpower and BP Alternative Energy, expect to build Titan in several phases and, when completed, it will be one of the largest wind farms in... |
| Missouri River Energy Services | City of Ft. Pierre | Stanley | 6 | Diesel | |
| NextEra Energy Resources NextEra Energy Resources NextEra Energy Resources is an wholesale electricity supplier based in Juno Beach, Florida. It is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. , a Fortune 200 company. Prior to 2009, NextEra Energy Resources was known as FPL Energy.... |
South Dakota Wind Energy Center | Hyde | 40.5 | Wind | Start 2003 |
| NextEra Energy Resources NextEra Energy Resources NextEra Energy Resources is an wholesale electricity supplier based in Juno Beach, Florida. It is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. , a Fortune 200 company. Prior to 2009, NextEra Energy Resources was known as FPL Energy.... |
Day County Wind Energy Center | Groton | 99 | Wind | Start 2010 |
| Missouri River Energy Services | Watertown Power Plant | Codington | 48.75 | Combustion Turbine | |
| Xcel Energy Northern States Power Company Northern States Power Company was a publicly-traded S&P 500 electric and natural gas utility holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that is now a subsidiary of Xcel Energy .-History:... |
Angus Anson | Minnehaha | 210 | Gas | |
| Northwestern 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 | ||
| Otter Tail Otter Tail Power Company Otter Tail Corporation is an energy company based in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Its main subsidiary is the Otter Tail Power Company.As of 2007, Otter Tail Power Company serves at least 423 towns at retail and delivers power to about 14 municipal utilities... |
Lake Preston | Kingsbury | 26 | Oil | Combustion turbine |
| Otter Tail | Big Stone | Milbank | 475 | Coal | Started 1981 |
| USCE United States Army Corps of Engineers The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency... -Missouri River District |
Oahe Dam Oahe Dam The Oahe Dam is a large dam along the Missouri River, just north of Pierre, South Dakota in the United States. It creates Lake Oahe, the fourth largest artificial reservoir in the United States, which stretches up the course of the Missouri to Bismarck, North Dakota. The dam's powerplant provides... |
Hughes | 784 | Hydro | |
| USCE-Missouri River District | Fort Randall Dam Fort Randall Dam The Fort Randall Dam is an earth embankment dam impounding the Missouri River in South Dakota, United States and forming Lake Francis Case. It is one of six Missouri River dams, four being located in South Dakota.... |
Charles Mix | 320 | Hydro | |
| USCE-Missouri River District | Big Bend Dam Big Bend Dam Big Bend Dam is a major rolled earth dam along the Missouri River in central South Dakota.The dam, 95 feet high and 10,570 feet in length, was constructed as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri watershed development authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. Construction began in 1959 and... |
Buffalo | 494.1 | Hydro | |
| USCE-Missouri River District | Gavins Point Dam Gavins Point Dam Gavins Point Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Nebraska and South Dakota. Built from 1952 to 1957, it impounds Lewis and Clark Lake. The dam is on the Nebraska-South Dakota border, west of Yankton, South Dakota.... |
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| PPM Energy | Minn Dakota Wind LLC | 150 | Wind |
Future and former power stations
- Deer Creek,near Brookings, 300 MW, natural gas (under construction)
- Johnson Siding DamJohnson Siding, South DakotaJohnson Siding is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 659. It is located in the Rimrock Area, about 10 miles west of Rapid City. It is surrounded by the Black Hills National Forest...
decommissioned 1930's - Northern States Power CompanyNorthern States Power CompanyNorthern States Power Company was a publicly-traded S&P 500 electric and natural gas utility holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that is now a subsidiary of Xcel Energy .-History:...
PathfinderPathfinder Nuclear Generating StationThe Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant was a nuclear power plant built by Northern States Power Company. It was located just northeast of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and west of its suburb of Brandon. It was named for the 19th century explorer John C. "Pathfinder" Fremont and was constructed in the...
Repowered former nuclear plant, converted to gas and oil in 1968, no longer operating