2025
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Rocky Mountain Plains • Sioux County, North Dakota
Anpetu Wi Wind Farm
SWCA is conducting ongoing preconstruction surveys and permitting for a proposed wind energy project in southern North Dakota.
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul
2300 Myrtle Ave
Suite 180
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114
Suite 180
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114
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SWCA completed preconstruction surveys for a proposed wind energy project in southern North Dakota, completing Tier 1 and 2 site characterization studies, multiyear surveys for small and large birds and aerial and ground-based raptor nest surveys, eagle nest activity surveys, and passive bat acoustic surveys, adhering recommendations in the LBWEG. SWCA is also leading a NEPA EA, including cultural resources surveys and aquatic resources delineations, with the Bureau of Indian Affairs as the lead federal agency.
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Winds of Change: SWCA Assists Standing Rock Sioux Tribe with Environmental Services for Anpetu Wi Wind Farm
A community widely known for its fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the people of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are taking control of their energy future. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is developing a 235-megawatt, 60-turbine wind farm named Anpetu Wi (“morning light”) to provide clean energy, independence, and sustainability for their community.
As part of their commitment to self-determination, the Tribe made history by creating their own public power authority, the Standing Rock Renewable Energy Power Authority (also known as SAGE), to own and operate all the energy production assets within the reservation.
After several years of planning, SAGE selected SWCA in the fall of 2021 to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with developing this large-scale wind project.
“We’re honored to be a part of the Anpetu Wi wind farm development,” said SWCA Project Manager Griffin Bachhuber. “It’s exciting to be able to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in developing their own utility-scale wind energy farm and leading the way for this first-of-its-kind project.”
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Director | Minnesota and Dakotas
Griffin Bachhuber
Griffin has completed projects focused on power generation, transmission, oil and gas, Departments of Transportation, and residential and commercial land development throughout the Midwest and in central and western states. His work has recently been heavily focused on all facets of preconstruction renewable energy development in the wind and solar industries, including natural resources reporting, permitting, wetland delineation, ecological and threatened and endangered species assessments, and due diligence. As part of his work in renewable energy development, he has supported several Public Utilities Commission/Public Service Commission site permit applications for large-scale wind farms in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa.
