Iowa
Des Moines looks for leverage to push MidAmerican on carbon-free power
The city is exploring several strategies to cut emissions, but will depend on its investor-owned utility to achieve much of its ambitious new clean energy goal.
politics
State energy plans show how process can match final product in impact
The experience in Iowa and Missouri shows how drafting an energy plan can help shape a state’s energy direction, even if policymakers don’t always follow it.
Iowa
As interest in solar grows in Iowa, so does the waitlist for state tax credit
Applications for a state solar tax credit have exceeded a legislatively imposed cap on awards every year since 2013, and the waitlist is growing longer in recent years.
energy storage
Study: Batteries could bolster renewables in Iowa, but likely not without help
An assessment of the potential of storage in the state, a leader in wind energy, also identified barriers to its expansion.
transmission
Power from the Prairie aims to link West Coast sun with Midwest wind
A pair of energy consultants are promoting an HVDC interstate transmission-plus-storage project that could complete a link between California and Chicago.