Willow Creek Wind Power LLC

OperatingWind

Ranked #14 of 25 Wind plants in SD#672 of 1442 nationally

105 MW Wind operating in Butte, SD — Southwest Power Pool

EIAGEMWD

105 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2020

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

44.8698, -103.2437

County

Butte, SD

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	Willow Creek Wind Power LLC	Ørsted	—
Owner(s)	Willow Creek Wind Power LLC	Ørsted	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

Willow Creek Wind Power LLC is a 105 MW wind power plant located in Butte County, South Dakota. The plant began operating in 2020 and is owned and operated by Willow Creek Wind Power LLC, a subsidiary of the Danish company Ørsted. The facility consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. It is interconnected to the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) balancing authority within the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) NERC region.

The wind farm's turbines have a hub height of 89 meters and a rotor diameter of 127 meters. The turbines were manufactured by GE Wind, model GE2.8-127. In its most recent year of operation, Willow Creek Wind Power generated 374,179 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 40.7%. The plant ranks 14th in size among wind farms in South Dakota and 667th nationally.

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Engineering & Generators