Wind power in South Dakota

[3] 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.

[4] Just as in Texas, the construction of new wind farms is transmission line limited.

[6] In 2018, 324-foot wind turbines were installed in South Dakota, with a capacity of 2,300 kilowatts.

"As of December 2018, South Dakota had 1,018 megawatts of wind power capacity online and running.

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

Wind resource map of South Dakota
Wind generation percentage
Wind power per capita
Wind power capacity density
All across the midwest, the Aermotor Windmill and others like it, have been used for a century for pumping water