Investors in a South Dakota wind power project are seeing their first dividends. South Dakota Wind Partners is returning four hundred fifty thousand dollars to the cooperatives owners. SDWP Board President Jim Burg of Wessington Springs says those dollars are staying in the state…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/07/Jim-Burg-726a.mp3|titles=Jim Burg 726a]SDWP owns seven wind turbines adjacent to Basin Electric’s Prairie Winds project in Jerald County. Those turbines can produce up to ten point five megawatts of electricity. Burg says they expect to see more paybacks over the next few years….
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/07/Jim-Burg-726b.mp3|titles=Jim Burg 726b]Burg says they have a solid market for their produced wind power…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/07/Jim-Burg-726c.mp3|titles=Jim Burg 726c]South Dakota Wind Partners was formed by East River Electric, the South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation, South Dakota Farmers Union, and the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council.
(courtesy WNAX Yankton)