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South Dakota Renewable Electricity Profile           2007 Edition                                          
Date of Data: 2007
Release Date: June 2009
Data Release Date: June 2010

Table 1. xls format
Table 1. 2007 Summary Renewable Electric Power Industry Statistics (South Dakota)
Primary Renewable Energy Capacity Source Hydro Conventional
Primary Renewable Energy Generation Source Hydro Conventional
Capacity (megawatts) Value Percent of State Total
Total Net Summer Electricity Capacity 2,870 100.0
Total Net Summer Renewable Capacity 1,506 52.5
    Geothermal - -
    Hydro Conventional 1,463 51.0
    Solar - -
    Wind 43 1.5
    Wood/Wood Waste - -
    MSW/Landfill Gas - -
    Other Biomass - -
Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Total Electricity Net Generation 6,137 100.0
Total Renewable Net Generation 3,067 50.0
    Geothermal - -
    Hydro Conventional 2,917 47.5
    Solar - -
    Wind 150 2.4
    Wood/Wood Waste - -
    MSW Biogenic/Landfill Gas - -
    Other Biomass - -
  - = No data reported.
  Notes: Hydro Conventional does not include pumped storage. Solar includes solar thermal and photovoltaic. MSW = Municipal Solid Waste. Other Biomass includes agricultural byproducts/crops, sludge waste and other biomass solids, liquids and gases. MSW Biogenic includes paper and paper board, wood, food, leather, textiles and yard trimmings. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
  Sources: Capacity: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report." Generation: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report" and EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."

More Tables on South Dakota's Renewable Profile: Formats
Table 2. State Total Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (MW) xls printer friendly version pdf
Table 3. State Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (MW) xls
Table 4. State Total Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (Thousand MWh) xls
Table 5. State Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (Thousand MWh) xls

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