Prevailing Winds Wind Energy Facility is a 216.6MW onshore wind power project. It is located in South Dakota, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in March 2020. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project was developed by Prevailing Wind Park. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Alberta Investment Management and The AES are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 49%, 25.5% and 25.5% respectively.

The project supplies enough clean energy to power 90,000 households, offsetting 486,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.

The Tubular Steel towers installed at the project site are 111.557m high.

Development status

The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in March 2020.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Basin Electric Power Coop under a power purchase agreement for a period of 30 years.

Contractors involved

GE Renewable Energy was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 61 units of GE 3.8-137 turbines.

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This content was updated on 14 October 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.