Des Moines Register
Dave Johnson sees solar power under development in northern Iowa bringing some desperately needed jobs to the rural area and stable revenue to farmers battered in recent years by trade wars, oversupply and low prices. Things are just deteriorating out here in rural America, said Johnson, who farms with two sons near Riceville, not far from the Minnesota border. It s just empty.
Already a national leader in wind energy, the state could see an explosion of solar development. About a dozen projects are expected to come online in the months ahead, adding about nine times more solar energy than the state currently produces, according to filings with the Iowa Utilities Board.
Worth County passes commercial wind moratorium globegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Forest City Summit
After receiving a petition from residents in Norway Township near Lake Mills last month, Winnebago County Supervisors are investigating all sides of siting and other issues for Invenergy s coming Worthwhile Wind project.
On Feb. 23, supervisors heard first from Winnebago County Zoning Administrator Matt Duve about the wind turbine permitting process and this particular project. Next, they discussed the wind project slated for Worth and Winnebago counties with Invenergy Renewable Energy Development Manager Mark Crowl, who is project lead developer.
Duve stated that no application for permit has been received, but that Invenergy officials had contacted him about six weeks earlier to inform him of the project and establishment of landowner voluntary easements in northeast Winnebago County.
Winnebago Board to Review District 11 Drainage Issue kiow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kiow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.