Prevailing Wind Park — 220 MW wind farm, Yankton County, SD

Prevailing Wind Park — 220 MW wind farm, Yankton County, SD · Ask the Grid

Generation and physical site

EIA plant 62247 · Inventory for Aug 2026.

Reported operating nameplate by technology

Wind: 220 MW

Operating generators only. Battery power is in MW; stored energy is in MWh. These ratings do not establish a shared export limit.

Generator records (1)

EIA generator status and nameplate capacity for Prevailing Wind Park
Generator	Technology	Status	Power (MW)	Energy (MWh)
PWPSD	Onshore Wind Turbine	Operating	220	Unknown

Physical map location · OpenStreetMap: 43.08499, -98.09264
Filed location · EIA: 43.03900, -97.52600

Sources and observation dates

Inventory source: EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)
EIA reporting month: Aug 2026
EIA retrieved: Oct 10, 2026
OSM extract: Oct 8, 2026
OSM last mapped edit: Jan 25, 2022
Map prepared: Oct 10, 2026
Field verification: Not reported

Reporting month describes the inventory. Retrieval and map preparation describe processing; an OSM edit does not establish an in-service date.

EIA source inventory

Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
PWPSD	220 MW 220 MW summer	Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT	Mar 2020	Operating

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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AssetOfftakerFinancier

Parties and identifiers

OrganizationRoleBasis

Basin Electric Power CooperativeOfftakerofftaker HSBCLenderlender CIBCLenderlender

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

AES Distributed Energy

Entity 61012

Operating portfolio

217 plants

23 states

Reported capacity

4,415.6 MW

Batteries · Onshore Wind Turbine · Solar Photovoltaic

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
Pleinmont Solar 2	240 MW	VA
Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm	232.5 MW	TX
Prevailing Wind ParkCurrent	220 MW	SD
Skipjack Solar Center	175 MW	VA
Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm	170.2 MW	TX
Highlander Solar Energy Station 1	165 MW	VA

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Sep 23, 2019
Sep 23, 2019
Debt and tax equity closedsfnet.com
$319 million debt, $189 million tax equity
Mar 2020
Mar 2020
Operations Beginpuc.sd.gov
57 turbines

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-860 generator inventoryFederal registry

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-923 generation filingsFederal filing

puc.sd.govpuc.sd.govauthoritative

Common questions about Prevailing Wind Park

Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.

How big is Prevailing Wind Park?

Prevailing Wind Park reports 220 MW wind of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Aug 2026.

What kind of plant is Prevailing Wind Park?

Prevailing Wind Park is a Onshore Wind Turbine facility in Yankton County, SD, participating in the SPP market.

Where is Prevailing Wind Park located?

Prevailing Wind Park is in Yankton County, SD, inside the SPP balancing area.

Who operates Prevailing Wind Park?

Prevailing Wind Park is operated by AES Distributed Energy according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Prevailing Wind Park generate?

Prevailing Wind Park reported 830.9 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Prevailing Wind Park compare to other plants?

By capacity, Prevailing Wind Park ranks #199 of 1,374 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #4 of 25 in SD.

Co-located assets

Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.

Beethoven WindOnshore Wind TurbineOnshore Wind Turbine · same type80 MW8.4 km

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