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iWireless to invest $35 million in LTE network in Iowa

Urbandale-based iWireless announced it is investing more than $35 million to enhance its wireless network in Iowa. The company will launch LTE this year, and will expand its LTE network in 2016. A wireless broadband …

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Major offshore wind project planned near Hawaii

A Danish developer is planning to develop a major offshore wind energy project near Hawaii, Pacific Business News reported. The project, which would include more than 100 turbines, would be located in federal waters off Oahu’s northwest …

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Two Iowa startups advance in Clean Energy Challenge

Two Iowa startup companies have advanced to the finals of a prestigious energy business plan competition, the Clean Energy Challenge, which culminates next month in Chicago. Urbandale-based Igor Inc. was named an Early Stage Finalist …

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ISU researchers developing twin-rotor wind turbines

Are two rotors better than one for harnessing wind power? Iowa State University researchers are testing new designs that could significantly increase the efficiency of wind turbines by adding a smaller, secondary rotor on the …

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Des Moines Water Works to proceed with water quality suit

The Des Moines Water Works board of trustees unanimously voted Tuesday to move forward with a lawsuit against three upstream counties and their drainage districts in an effort to address worsening nitrate pollution that threatens …

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Environmental group notes Iowa’s strength in wind, solar power

Iowa now has dozens of businesses directly involved in the wind and solar power industries, the Environmental Law & Policy Center said Thursday.

The group counted 75 Iowa companies engaged in the wind energy industry supply chain, …

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ISU’s new boilers burn natural gas, not coal

Iowa State University this year plans to install three, 80-ton natural gas boilers that will replace coal-burning models in a $42 million project that will cut the power plant’s coal use by one-third.

 

The boilers were …

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MidAmerican’s I CARE program raises funds for energy assistance

When temperatures drop, energy consumption rises, leading to an increase in requests for heating assistance. MidAmerican Energy Co. recently announced that its customers last year donated a total of $237,408 through the company’s I CARE …

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Energy prices fuel record wholesale cost decline

 

Inflationary pressures remained tightly under wraps in the first month of 2015, a residue of the big slump in oil prices since last summer, MarketWatch reported.

 

The producer price index, which is considered a …

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MidAmerican Energy warns against phone scam threats

Nearly 1,500 MidAmerican Energy Co. customers were approached by telephone scammers in 2014, and 3 percent of those customers reported losing money or disclosing personal information, the utility said. Approximately half of those who lost …