Energy

The United States will overtake Saudi Arabia to become the world’s biggest oil producer before 2020, and will be energy independent 10 years later, according to a new forecast by the International Energy Agency (IEA), …

MidAmerican Wind, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables whose parent company is MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., announced that it has completed the acquisition of two wind energy projects from California Highwind Power, a subsidiary of Terra-Gen …

More than 1.3 million homes and businesses in New York and 1.4 million in New Jersey were still without power on Friday, four days after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast, power operating …

A $10 million loan from the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Revolving Loan Fund will enable Polk County to complete the Rock Creek Trunk Sanitary Sewer Connection project by next summer. The loan was part of …

MidAmerican Energy Co. said Tuesday it has doubled the number of employees who will assist with utility damage and power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy. A MidAmerican Energy crew of 12 linemen, a supervisor and …

A subsidiary of Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. has entered into a joint venture with Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. to sponsor a competitive proposal for the East-West Tie Line, an electric transmission project …

TransAlta Corp., Canada’s largest investor-owned utility company, and Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. have formed a strategic partnership to develop, build and operate new natural gas-fueled electricity generation projects in Canada, the companies announced …

The U.S. oil and gas boom is cutting into jobless numbers, supporting a total of 1.7 million jobs this year, a number that will swell to almost 3 million by 2020, a leading consultant said …

Ellen Gaucher, executive vice president at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, was awarded the Iowa Lean Consortium’s (ILC) first Iowa Lean Champion Award.

The award was created to honor a leader who has made …