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Also, Iowa offering grants to address gun violence
A new phase of Summit Carbon Solutions’ evidentiary hearing for its pipeline permit is poised to begin Tuesday. The company plans to call its 15 witnesses to testify over the course of four days, according to the Iowa Utilities Board.
Anna Ryon left the state office in May following adoption of a massive state reorganization law
Alliant increased its wind energy production by 25 percent from 2021 levels, which boosted its overall percentage of renewable energy served to retail customers to about 53 percent in the state.
It occurred around 3:30 p.m., and Alliant Energy crews restored power by 7 p.m.
Three Iowa landowners -- all women -- testified Tuesday about their fears and frustrations about a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline being built by their homes, crops and dairy cows.
While the Iowa Utilities Board will decide whether three carbon dioxide pipelines get state permits, other government bodies must sign off on parts of these multibillion dollar projects. And some local regulations may throw a wrench in the works.
A judge has ruled against Palo-area residents who filed a lawsuit last year opposing rezoning to allow two industrial-scale solar projects to be built near the former Duane Arnold Energy Center.
Summit proposed the pipeline to capture carbon dioxide from more than 30 ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, and to store it deep underground in North Dakota.
Carbon tax credits are a “challenge to industry that says ‘if you can do this thing that makes sense for the climate, the U.S. government will pay you potentially tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars in funding for solutions’,” said Noah Deich, deputy assistant secretary for carbon management at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Customers will see an immediate interim increase of 5 percent, the maximum allowed under Iowa law, while the Iowa Utilities Board holds a series of public hearings in MidAmerican’s service areas.
CapCO2 Solutions and Adkins Energy LLC, based in Lena, Illinois, will partner for a project to test technology that would capture CO2 at the plant, combine it with hydrogen and turn it into green methanol -- a desirable renewable fuel.
The Gazette spoke with MISO about how the power grid may fare amid summer heat, increasing renewable energy and consumer demands.
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