A new five-year plan filed to the Iowa Utilities Board could restrict access to home energy audits and other existing discounts for customers, Midwest Energy News reports. Representatives at MidAmerican Energy and Alliant subsidiary Interstate Power & Light say the new plan, which includes terminating subsidies for LED bulbs and ending insulation incentives for the majority of […]
Siemens AG and Lempäälän Energia will build a self-sufficient smart grid system in Marjamäki, Finland, Siemens announced on Tuesday morning. Project LEMENE will provide a cost-effective, environmentally friendly and secure energy supply to the community, Siemens said. The project will feature more than 15,000 solar panels, six gas motors and fuel cells. Siemens employs about […]
Iowa wind blade manufacturer TPI Composites, based in Newton, will have to pay more than $150,000 in fines after Iowa’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration identified multiple safety hazards, including fire hazards, airborne contaminants and faulty record keeping, the Des Moines Register reports. The five-month investigation determined TPI failed to provide appropriate personal protective equipment […]
Adam Wright is the president and CEO of MidAmerican Energy Co., which serves 760,000 customers in Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Nebraska. In the first part of 2018, the energy company announced it had completed two of its latest Iowa wind farms, adding to Iowa’s growing wind energy generation. MidAmerican is on a quest for […]
The next time communities are hit by a massive flood, researchers at the University of Iowa’s hydroscience and engineering department hope critical information could be reached with a quick ask of Alexa. That wasn’t the case in 2008. June 2018 marks 10 years since floodwaters devastated a number of northeast Iowa communities. At the time, […]
Buckle up: 2025 is only seven years away. Last week Aaron Proietti, founder of Adaptivity Enterprises and a self-proclaimed futurist, offered EntreFEST conference attendees in Cedar Rapids several thoughtful predictions of what to expect from the world in less than 10 years. “The technologies that I’ve shown here are not inherently good or evil, but […]
Cedar Rapids Gazette: A Coralville company that filed for bankruptcy protection amid a dispute with its lender has let go 40 employees. Zero Energy Systems laid off its entire production staff effective today. More layoffs are expected as the company winds down operations, the company announced on Monday. Zero Energy, which makes insulated concrete walls, […]
Here in Iowa, where wind energy alone provides more than one-third of the power supply, it may not sound that impressive that 18.3 percent of the nation’s installed capacity is from renewable energy sources. But the federal government’s 2016 Renewable Energy Data Book shows the renewable industry is growing across the country. Among the tidbits: Renewable energy […]
When Iowa led the way with America’s most assertive push to develop wind into a resource that will help us get to the next major solution in energy over the coming century, few realized how prophetic that vision of a renewable energy future would be. Today, a generation of young minds brings a different view […]