Energy

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 …

Gas prices in California have soared to record highs, shooting up 50 cents a gallon in just the last week, but experts don’t predict similar spikes in the rest of the country, reports CNN Money. 

Since …

Patrick Moore, a former leader of Greenpeace, now represents a coalition supporting the expansion of nuclear energy in the United States. Earlier this month, the Business Record interviewed Moore before he spoke at Iowa State …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday announced loan guarantees for two major projects to build and improve electric transmission lines serving Iowa.

The first of those, a $40.1 million loan guarantee to Cedar …

The Iowa Utilities Board will hold a public information meeting Thursday during which Interstate Power and Light Co. (IPL) officials will discuss plans for a proposed 650-megawatt natural gas-fired electric generation facility in Marshall County. …

MidAmerican Wind, whose parent company is Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., said today that it will acquire the 168-megawatt Alta Wind VII and the 132-megawatt Alta Wind IX projects from California Highwind Power, a …