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Alliant Energy’s Linn County solar field now operational
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. What Alliant Energy calls the largest solar field in Iowa is now operational in Linn County, and is getting a new name. Alliant, which owns and operates the field near Palo, announced the facility would be...
Microsoft Signs 335 MW Wind Power Purchase Agreement in West Virginia
Clean energy developer and operator Clearway announced a new long-term power purchase agreement with Microsoft, providing the tech giant with 335 MW of energy from its Mount Storm wind farm project in West Virginia. Clearway acquired the Mount Storm wind farm in 2021, and is currently undergoing a project to...
Spain and Portugal blackout blamed on solar power dependency
The reliance on solar energy at the time of the outage has led to criticisms of Spain’s grid operator Red Eléctrica © Eva Manez/Reuters The inability of Spain’s electricity grid to manage an unusually high supply of solar power was a key factor in Monday’s catastrophic blackout, former regulators and...
Iowa has launched its largest solar farm. What to know about the Alliant Energy project.
Alliant Energy's Pleasant Creek Solar field is now online, generating 200 megawatts of energy and powering 40,000 homes.
Renewable energy developers, oil lobby and manufacturers unite against bill
(From left) Rep. Morgan Meyer, R-University Park, talks to Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, on the House floor during the second day of the 89th regular session at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Patterson has brought a bill that renewable energy developers say is an...
Republicans’ clean energy problem
Republicans are in for a high-stakes clash over how much to claw back from hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy credits.