Prairie Winds SD1
Wind power plant · Jerauld County, South Dakota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Basin Electric Power Coop
- County
- Jerauld County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 2.11%
- Rank among wind plants in South Dakota
- #11 of 25
- EIA plant code
- 56608
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 150 MW | 159 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| SD2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 11 MW | 11 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| SD3 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 1.5 MW | 1.6 MW | 2011 | 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
| North Bend Wind Project, LLC | Wind | 200 MW |
| Sweetland Wind Farm, LLC | Wind | 200 MW |
| Tatanka Ridge | Wind | 154 MW |
| Dakota Range III Wind Project | Wind | 154 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 162 MW solar plant and a 162 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