The number of clean energy jobs in Iowa reached a record high in 2024, with more than 33,000 Iowans holding jobs in the clean energy space, surpassing the state’s previous record of 31,910 jobs in 2019.
Articles Tagged: Wind Energy
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 14, 2025 7:53 am7d ago
Former Congressman Rod Blum suspends his campaign for Iowa’s open 2nd District U.S. House seat, while new attack ads target Iowa Republicans over wind energy tax credits, health care costs and the federal shutdown.
Cami Koons - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Business News Sep. 14, 2025 6:00 am37d ago
Bondurant-based Renewablade turns blades into concrete blocks, most recently used at a credit union in Des Moines
Federal Government Sep. 2, 2025 10:08 am49d ago
Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson hails GOP tax-and-spending law as a “golden era” for energy, backs stricter immigration enforcement, and defends Trump tariffs and trade policies amid John Deere layoffs.
By Cami Koons, - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Federal Government Aug. 26, 2025 2:21 pm55d ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it would restrict the use of federal subsidies for solar energy projects in favor of protecting farmland, but clean energy advocates say solar gives farmers a higher production value per acre than any traditional crop.
Federal Government Aug. 14, 2025 5:25 pm67d ago
Amid federal budget cuts, the U.S. Energy Secretary on Thursday in Iowa provided assurances that the Ames National Laboratory that he was touring will continue to receive financial support but said wind energy production will need to start standing on its own.
Energy Jul. 11, 2025 6:22 pm101d ago
Alliant Energy is planning to add roughly 1,000 megawatts of wind energy to help boost Iowa’s electric grid and further diversify its energy portfolio. The project — estimated to cost more than $3 billion — would increase the company’s wind energy production by more than 50 percent.
Government & Politics Jul. 2, 2025 9:27 am111d ago
State and local leaders gathered Tuesday to celebrate the grand reopening of a wind turbine factory in West Branch, just hours after U.S. Senate Republicans passed Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” that would roll back federal green energy tax credits that spurred the company to restart production that had been idled since 2013.
Government & Politics Jun. 18, 2025 7:41 am125d ago
Also in the Campaign Almanac, Rob Sand announces 100-stop town hall tour
Government & Politics Jun. 16, 2025 8:34 am127d ago
Clean energy advocates say Iowa stands to lose jobs and renewable energy project expansions, and that utility bills would increase
By Cami Koons, - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Federal Government Jun. 8, 2025 4:45 am135d ago
Clean energy advocates say Iowa stands to lose jobs, manufacturing facilities, renewable energy project expansions and face more expensive utility bills if Congress passes the budget reconciliation bill as is.
By Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Crime & Courts Apr. 24, 2025 7:44 am180d ago
Lightning strikes caused fires in 2023 and 2024 that scattered debris and damaged his crops, farmer near Mechanicsville says.
Energy Nov. 21, 2024 3:28 pm333d ago
The U.S. Department of Energy will give the money to a group that plans to build facilities in four states -- including Iowa -- to produce hydrogen fuel with electricity from wind, solar and nuclear power.
Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Sep. 27, 2024 7:54 am389d ago
Also, Iowa AG Bird has sued a Washington state company over abandoned wind turbine blades
Environmental News Aug. 19, 2024 7:43 am428d ago
Owner Nordex, spurred by federal tax incentives, says it will hire about 100 workers there.