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Alliant Energy, city of Perry sign lease agreement for solar project

Alliant Energy and the city of Perry have reached an agreement to install a 1-megawatt solar facility on a 7-acre site, Alliant Energy announced this week. The project leased was approved Monday by the Perry …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Why there’s so much investigative journalism about utility companies

Power and water utilities touch the lives of everyone, ProPublica Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg wrote this week. It’s timely, and it’s challenging: The national news swing has already moved on from the majority of coverage after the …

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Warren County supervisors backpaddle from regional water trails project, citing costs

Des Moines Register: The long-awaited Central Iowa Water Trails project is at risk of losing a major partner. Warren County officials are concerned the maintenance costs for the trail are too high to justify the return …

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Artists chosen to submit proposals for Central Iowa Water Trails project

Three artistic entities have been chosen for consideration as part of the Shoreline Signals public art initiative to integrate art into the Central Iowa Water Trails project. According to a news release, the artists are …

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Environmentalist envisions bison bridge linking Iowa, Illinois

Quad-City Times: Quad City environmentalist Chad Pregracke is proposing a national park that would place a herd of bison atop a bridge spanning the Mississippi River. As Pregracke warned, the Bison Bridge idea is “way outside …

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March 25 to be Women in Agriculture Day in Iowa

Gov. Kim Reynolds has proclaimed March 25, 2021, as Women in Agriculture Day in Iowa. Stine Seed Co., in partnership with the Iowa FFA Foundation, FarmHer and the Iowa 4-H Program, worked with the governor’s …

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Alliant Energy ‘picking up the pace’ on burying Iowa power lines

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Alliant Energy is “picking up the pace” on moving power lines in Iowa underground, the president of Alliant’s Iowa company said. “There’s much more of a focus on it now than there even …

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Huge solar farm planned for decommissioned Duane Arnold nuclear plant site

Cedar Rapids Gazette: For more than four decades, the name of former Cedar Rapids utility executive Duane Arnold has been synonymous with nuclear power in Iowa. Now it could have a new connotation: a massive solar …

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Alliant Energy, Trees Forever launch grants to replaces trees in 37 communities

Grants totaling $206,000 in assistance are available to communities rehabilitating their tree canopy through Alliant Energy’s Branching Out Program, a partnership with Trees Forever. The grant will fund more than 1,600 new trees in Iowa …

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SunCrate providing mobile power

A SunCrate, developed with help from a grant from the Iowa Energy Office, is set up in Ames to test its solar energy collection and distribution capabilities. Photo by Michael Crumb

A Sioux City-based company is …