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Wind Energy Turbines
- Iowa is third in the nation in wind energy production. Currently, Iowa has more than 1,000 wind turbines in operation statewide, capable of producing almost 1,000 megawatts. (992 MW today)
- Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy Company is "First in the Nation" among rate-regulated utilities in ownership of wind energy farms with about 325 turbines in production.
- Governor Culver challenged Iowa utilities to increase the state's wind energy capacity to 2,015 megawatts by the year 2015. In 2006, Iowa's wind energy capacity totaled 936 megawatts.
- 1,000 megawatts of energy can power 250,000 homes and is the equivalent to removing the emissions placed in the atmosphere by 682,000 cars in the state of Iowa in a year's time.
- A recent study conducted by "Wind Utility Consulting" projects that, within a 600 mile radius of Iowa, approximately $3.2 billion dollars in wind generation projects will be constructed each year over the next 7 years. That equals more than $22 billion in new economic development potential for the region.
- A recent report by the Sierra Club and the United Steelworkers Union showed that Iowa has the potential to create 5,193 new wind energy manufacturing jobs in the state.
- Iowa and Texas are the only two states in the nation to manufacture turbines, blades and towers.
- Over the last three years, Iowa leads the nation in attracting wind manufactures.
Utility Scale Projects (# of turbines):
- Algona - Algona Municipal Utilities Cooperative (3)
- Allendorf - Boreal Energy (2)
- Allendorf - Consumers Energy (1)
- Allendorf - Northern Alternative Energy (5)
- Alta - Waverly Power & Light (2)
- Buena Vista and Sac Counties - MidAmerican Energy Company (106)
- Cerro Gordo County - FPL Energy, Inc. (56)
- Dickinson County - PPM Energy (29)
- Hancock County - FPL Energy, Inc. (148)
- Lenox - Lenox Municipal Utility (1)
- Marshalltown - Consumers Energy (1)
- Sibley - Northern Alternative Energy
- Storm Lake - Edison Capital (150)
- Storm Lake - GE Energy Financial Services (107)
- Waverly - Waverly Power & Light (1)
- Wall Lake - Wall Lake Municipal Utilities (1)
- Worth County - Entergy, Zilkha & Midwest Renewable Energy Corp. (89)
- Wright and Hamilton Counties - MidAmerican Energy Company (100)
School and Commercial Projects (# of turbines)
- Adair - Shafer Systems (1)
- Akron-Westfield - Akron-Westfield Community Schools (1)
- Armstrong - Neppel Energy, LLC (1)
- Clarion-Goldfield - Clarion-Goldfield High School (1)
- Colwell - Tjaden Farms (1)
- Des Moines - Iowa State Fairgrounds (1)
- Eldora-New Providence - Eldora-New Providence Schools (1)
- Fenton - Sentral School (1)
- Forest City - Forest City Community School District (1)
- Linn Grove - New Prairie Home Technologies (1)
- Joice - Northwood-Kensett School District (1)
- Nevada - Nevada School District (2)
- Nevada - Story County Hospital (1)
- Northwood - Northwood-Kesett CSD (1)
- Royal - Clay Central/Everly School District (1)
- Sioux City - KTFC Midwest Bible Radio (1)
- Spirit Lake - Spirit Lake Community School District (2)
- West Des Moines - Sun Prairie Apartments (1)
- Williams - Boondocks Truck Stop (1)
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Iowa Renewable Energy
