Wessington Springs

OperatingWind

Ranked #19 of 25 Wind plants in SD#931 of 1442 nationally

51 MW Wind operating in Jerauld, SD — Southwest Power Pool

EIAGEMWD

51 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2009

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

43.9983, -98.5992

County

Jerauld, SD

Nearby Plants

Prairie Winds SD1
Wind162 MW · 18.2 km

Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Wessington Wind	NextEra Energy	—
Owner(s)	Wessington Wind	NextEra Energy	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

The Wessington Springs wind power plant is located in Jerauld County, South Dakota. The plant has a total capacity of 51 MW and began operating in 2009. It is owned by NextEra Energy and operated by Wessington Wind. The facility consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. Wessington Springs ranks as the 19th largest power plant in South Dakota out of 24, and 921st nationally out of 1424 plants.

The plant's wind turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 91 meters. The turbines were manufactured by GE Wind and are model GE1.5-91. In its most recent year of operation, Wessington Springs generated 231,179 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 51.7%. The plant is located within the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) balancing authority and the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) NERC region.

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