Wind Power

Nowhere is the potential for renewable resources more visible than in wind energy.  Iowa has the potential to produce 4.8 times its own annual electrical consumption through wind power.  Becasue of decreasing capital costs, new technological advances and favorable legislation, wind power is Iowa's and the world's fastest growing renewable resource.

Iowa has more than 400 wind turbines with total nameplate capacity of more than 423 MW.  This is enough power to generate electricity for more than 130,000 homes per year and avoid more than 1.3 million tons of  carbon dioxide emissions annually.