Alliant increased its wind energy production by 25 percent from 2021 levels, which boosted its overall percentage of renewable energy served to retail customers to about 53 percent in the state.
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Alliant Energy’s renewable energy use in Iowa jumps in 2020 Source: By John Steppe, The Gazette • Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2021
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A rotor assembly is moved into position as construction continues at Alliant Energy’s English Farms Wind Farm near Deep River, Iowa in January 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
More than 40 percent of Alliant Energy’s power sold in Iowa during 2020 came from renewable sources, according to a report released Tuesday, as the company continues toward its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The 43.8 percent of Iowa power from utilities in 2020 was up from 26.5 percent in 2019 and 9.9 percent in 2018.