Energy

The Iowa Utilities Board has issued an order approving settlement with modification and requiring reports regarding MidAmerican Energy Company’s proposed “Wind X” Iowa electric generation project of up to 552 megawatts. .

On April 30, …

Renewable Energy Group Inc. on Wednesday completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all the assets of Imperium Renewables Inc. REG paid Imperium $15 million in cash and issued 1.675 million shares of REG common …

Bird flu in Iowa this year cost the state nearly 8,500 jobs, some of which may not be recovered, according to a study for the Iowa Farm Bureau by Decision Innovation Solutions of Urbandale. In addition to …

Streetlights throughout Iowa will soon become brighter, more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly through a new initiative led by MidAmerican Energy Co. The utility announced it will upgrade more than 100,000 of its streetlights in Iowa …

A Deere & Co. crisis response team on Thursday continued to assess the injuries to John Deere employees as well as damage to the company’s Tianjin, China, manufacturing complex after a massive chemical explosion tore …

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline dropped 8 cents this week in Iowa, to $2.59 per gallon on Tuesday, AAA reported. The price is down 77 cents from a year ago. …

Alliant Energy, Iowa’s second-largest power company, has abandoned its position of refusing to buy excess power from rooftop power-generating systems on schools, government buildings, businesses and homes, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. That meant customers would not be credited on …

A new study by Iowa State University economist Dave Swenson estimated a continued boom in Iowa wind energy development could mean 483 to 6,424 new jobs a year as the state meets carbon-cutting goals. The …