The American Wind Energy Association held their annual convention in New Orleans last week. Attendance was up, with over eight thousand people registered for the conference.
Steve Wegman, with South Dakota Renewable Energy says changes from last year is giving the industry more confidence……
Wegman says an extension of a federal tax credit is key to more wind development…..
Wegman says a number of counties in the state could see more wind towers….
South Dakota currently ranks 18th in the country with over nine hundred seventy megawatts of wind produced power. That production is about twenty five percent of the states total power output.