Brule County Wind
Wind power plant · Brule County, South Dakota
Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in South Dakota
#41
of 54 plants
In service since
2018
October 2018
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- RWE Clean Energy
- County
- Brule County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.26%
- Rank among wind plants in South Dakota
- #24 of 25
- EIA plant code
- 61746
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCSD | Onshore Wind Turbine | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2018 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in South Dakota
| Lake Preston | Other | 24 MW |
| Aurora County Wind | Wind | 20 MW |
| Oak Tree Energy | Wind | 20 MW |
| Yankton | Natural gas | 13 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 20 MW solar plant and a 20 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All South Dakota power plants · What South Dakota actually generates