About The Project
Development of the South Deuel Wind Energy Center began in 2015. Currently, our efforts include engineering studies and environmental studies, land leasing, and stakeholder engagement.
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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.
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.
To avoid and minimize impacts to wildlife and other natural resources, we work with state and federal agencies and other interested stakeholders to site, build, and operate our facilities responsibly.
This includes robust pre-construction wildlife and habitat surveys, early and often communication with wildlife agencies, and operational monitoring to ensure risk to wildlife is minimized.
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.
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