About The Project
Current Efforts
South Deuel Wind Energy Center submits project permits in Deuel County
We are excited about our recent submission of project permits to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on June 28th, 2024, for our South Deuel Wind project. South Deuel is a 260 MW wind energy facility anticipated to begin construction in 2025 and reach commercial operations at the end of 2026.
We look forward to continuing our work in developing this project for the community, county, and state of South Dakota.
Economic Benefits
During the life of the project, South Deuel is projected to pay millions of dollars in property taxes, lease payments to landowners, salaries to employees, and payments for local goods and services, resulting in a significant increase in economic activity in Deuel County. Local businesses and county infrastructure will benefit from the increase in tax revenue.
Why Deuel County?
Invenergy completed development on Deuel Harvest Wind Farm in South Dakota generating over 300 MW in the state and powering thousands of homes. Invenergy continues to develop projects where there is a strong resource, interested customers, and most importantly, landowners who want to participate in the project.
We are committed to our host communities and look forward to continuing to work with Deuel County and contributing to the region's economic development, and providing clean, homegrown energy to South Dakota.
Environmental Stewardship
Invenergy prides itself on responsible development practices. Our projects are inherently a part of the environment around them. We strive to minimize our impacts to wildlife and natural resources, and our efforts start from the very beginning of the life cycle of a project. Our Environmental Compliance and Strategy (ECS) team leads these efforts and follows every aspect of a project’s life to ensure impacts to sensitive environmental resources are minimized or avoided, with continued compliance with our commitments once a project is operational.
Land and Road Use
Wind turbines and access roads have a very small footprint. Approximately 98-99% of land under easement will remain in agricultural use, allowing wind energy to support the agricultural industry and landowners to continue to farm their land.
Invenergy will work with Deuel County to establish a road use agreement for the South Deuel Wind project, ensuring all county roads and infrastructure will be well-maintained during construction and left in the same or better condition than they were prior to their use for the construction of the project.
Why South Dakota?
South Dakota produces more electricity from wind than any other source and electricity bills have remained well below the national average due to this abundance of wind energy.
The positive benefits that will be brought to the state through the development of these projects includes additional tax revenue, construction jobs and wages, full-time operational jobs, and much more.
American Clean Power South Dakota Fact Sheet