Articles Tagged: renewable energy

A Brown University analysis sifted through 23,000 lobbying records to track groups’ roles in shaping legislation, their success and their relationships to each other.

Iowa is poised to get a lot more electric vehicle charging stations along interstate highways starting next year, but who pays for those stations? Is it taxpayers?

Over the past few decades, green energy projects have surged in Iowa. And bolstered by federal funding, the future of clean energy looks brighter than ever in the Hawkeye State. But it needs more workers. That’s where registered apprenticeship programs and their “earn while you learn” models come into play.

Decorah and the Clean Energy Districts of Iowa have been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy grant to reduce energy burdens for low-income households in Eastern Iowa and southwest Wisconsin.

$5B nationwide investment includes over $400M for Iowa

The 2023 Iowa Climate Statement issued Tuesday focuses on benefits of solar and how to make it thrive in the state.

Water quality, conservation agriculture, power grid and more to be discussed in seven panels at the 2023 Iowa Ideas virtual conference.

Over the past several years, the solar industry in Iowa has grown. With a plethora of misinformation surrounding the renewable energy source, solar experts outline the process, risks and rewards.

Also, Gov. Reynolds completes second leg of overseas trade mission

While increasing blending volumes overall by raising the level for advanced biofuels, the new rule includes lower mandates for corn-based ethanol in 2024 and 2025 than the EPA had initially proposed.

A biodiesel refinery in Crawfordsville — about 20 miles south of Riverside — that was capable of producing about 10 million gallons of the fuel each year has ceased operation.

The Gazette spoke with MISO about how the power grid may fare amid summer heat, increasing renewable energy and consumer demands.

Iowa will spend $150,000 to pilot a program aimed at decreasing emergency response times in rural areas.

A new inventory maps which sectors decreased — or increased — their contributions to climate change.

The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s decision and sent a case back to the Iowa Utilities Board over approving an environmental plan that did not consider retiring coal-fired power plants.