Wind Energy

More than 50% of the electricity MidAmerican Energy provides its Iowa customers on an annual basis comes from wind energy. That is possible thanks to the more than 2,600 wind turbines in Iowa, owned and operated by the company.

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MidAmerican Energy announces Grundy County wind farm

The Ivester wind farm includes 35 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines. It’s part of MidAmerican Energy’s Wind XI project, which the company announced in 2016.

MidAmerican Energy sets new one-day Iowa wind generation record

MidAmerican Energy Company this month set a new one-day wind generation record in Iowa for generating electricity that supplied its entire retail customers’ electric usage with renewable energy.

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MidAmerican Energy files bat, bald eagle conservation plan for Iowa wind farms

In a plan filed today with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MidAmerican Energy Company proposes a series of measures to help minimize how wind turbines may impact bald eagles and four bat species.

Wind XII project positions MidAmerican Energy to hit 100 percent renewable goal

MidAmerican Energy Company will be the first investor-owned electric utility in the country to generate renewable energy equal to 100 percent of its customers’ usage on an annual basis, upon completing its newest proposed wind energy project.

MidAmerican Energy provided 51.4% renewable energy to Iowa customers in 2018

MidAmerican Energy Company provided its Iowa customers with 51.4% of their electricity from renewable sources last year, the Iowa Utilities Board verified in an order filed Friday.