Ten years after founders bought an 8-acre parcel off Benton Street southwest of downtown Iowa City, Prairie Hill is developing its last of 11 buildings. Four of the five units in the new building already are sold with homeowners expected to move in by June.
Traditionally, decommissioned turbine blades have been sent to landfills. But in recent years, recycling the often hundred-plus-foot-long blades has become a new, more sustainable disposal method among companies in Iowa and the Midwest.
Cryptocurrency mining, which relies on cheap, abundant energy, is expanding in Iowa, with Hardin County considering two new sites.
A coalition of Iowa’s large energy users wants the option to buy electricity on the open market rather than from their geographically-assigned utilities. Four other states have hybrid systems in which large companies may shop around for energy generation, so The Gazette asked them how it works.
Although pipeline opponents have been vocal in every corner of the state, Iowa lawmakers, have been largely silent about whether they will take any action to influence the projects.
Minnesota utility regulators on Thursday ruled that a carbon dioxide pipeline that’s been proposed by an Iowa-based company should undergo the most thorough environmental review available under state law.
However, the Iowa Utilities Board denied further consideration regarding 200 megawatts of solar and 75 megawatts of battery storage at Duane Arnold.
On Monday, representatives of the Iowa Utilities Board, utilities, cooperatives and associations across the state gathered in Des Moines to discuss their preparation in advance of wintry threats.
Linn County Supervisors know they can’t dictate exactly where hazardous materials pipelines are built, but they believe proposed setbacks are legal and will help protect residents.
As much as 60% of the region’s energy could come from wind and solar — which has a lower energy output than the non-renewables being retired.
The facility’s retirement, scheduled for the end of the year, brings Alliant Energy one step closer to achieving its renewable energy goals.
Customers who buy solar blocks will receive monthly energy credits on their electric bills. Another 4,500 blocks are still available for subscription.
Convergen Energy, which diverts non-recyclable products from landfills to turn it into pellets that can be burned as an alternative fuel, plans to open a new facility in Fairfax.
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