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Dakota Range Wind

Wind power plant · Grant County, South Dakota

Nameplate capacity
304 MW
Rank in South Dakota
#8
of 54 plants
In service since
2022
January 2022

Details

Primary fuel
Wind
Technology
Onshore Wind Turbine
Operator
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
County
Grant County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
3.96%
Rank among wind plants in South Dakota
#1 of 25
EIA plant code
68318

Generating units

Individual generating units at Dakota Range Wind
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
DKR01Onshore Wind Turbine304 MW298 MW2022Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 304 MW solar plant and a 304 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