Energy

CenturyLink Inc. announced that Savvis, its data hosting segment, has been rebranded as CenturyLink Technology Solutions. The Savvis name was not getting recognized, Jeff Von Deylen, president of the new CenturyLink Technology Solutions organization, told …

Green Iowa AmeriCorps and Center on Sustainable Communities (COSC) are offering a new hands-on workshop series, “Grow Your Green,” to help homeowners learn simple ways to live more sustainably. A free workshop in that series …

EcoEngineers, a Des Moines-based software, engineering and energy compliance firm that serves the biofuels industry, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with audit and tax consulting firm McGladrey LLP to provide streamlined …

Could new technologies enable utilities to build and operate smaller power generation sources located closer to end users throughout Iowa? It’s a broad question the state’s utility regulator has begun looking into, and it’s now …

The Iowa Utilities Board today voted unanimously to allow Interstate Power and Light Co. (IPL) to amend and extend its long-term contract to purchase electricity generated by the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, the …

Nebraska’s governor approved a revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline through his state Tuesday, which puts final approval in the hands of the Obama administration, The New York Times reported.

The decision came a …

MidAmerican Energy Co. and the Sierra Club have reached a settlement in federal court after the Sierra Club said MidAmerican was in violation of the federal Clean Air Act at three of its coal plants. 

The Iowa utility company …

The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association on Monday announced the formation of a new coalition committed to protecting and preserving the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) “through cooperative efforts of advocacy, outreach and education.” The Iowa …