GE Renewable to supply turbines for 200 MW Onshore wind farm in USA

Scout Clean Energy has selected GE Renewable Energy (GE) to provide wind turbines for the 200 MW Sweetland onshore Wind Project (Sweetland) in Hand County, South Dakota, USA.

The project will be built over an area of 20,000 ac of land. It will feature 71 GE 2.8-127 series turbines which have the capacity to generate over 878,000 MWh per year, enough to power 81,000 homes and offset approximately 600,000 tons of annual carbon emissions.

The wind farm is expected to support over 200 temporary construction jobs and 10 permanent full-time positions once it begins operations. The economic benefits to the community are estimated to meet or exceed U$35 million in new local revenues over the expected life of the project.