South Dakota
$3.3 billion wind investment will add 2,500 MW of clean energy in South Dakota
The approved and docketed projects would raise the total number of wind farms to 25 and nearly triple the number of wind towers in the state.
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Wind turbine shutdowns during polar vortex stoke Midwest debate
A dip in wind output during last month’s deep freeze is now fueling debate about the nation’s embrace of renewable energy.
South Dakota
Can Sioux tribes pull off largest ever clean energy project on tribal land?
The Oceti Wind Project aims to overcome financial, cultural and bureaucratic barriers to tribal renewable development.
Utilities say CapX2020 transmission project prompting wind energy growth
Finished in late September after more than a decade of planning and construction, the 800-mile-long CapX2020 transmission project has prompted more than 3,600 megawatts of clean energy project proposals, according to Xcel Energy.
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Amid Dakota Access protests, tribes continue to pursue clean energy
While the Sioux nation has been in the spotlight almost daily for its opposition to construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, it has much more quietly been pursuing renewable energy development on the Standing Rock Reservation and other tribal lands across North and South Dakota.