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Small modular reactors in Iowa?

February 28, 2012 by Steve Skutnik
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The land of Iowa - home of hogs, corn, windmills, and... SMRs (i.e., small modular reactors). Or at the least, that last part may be true pending a proposal before the Iowa Legislature (HF 561) is passed, allowing for among other things, recovery of costs while construction is in progress on nuclear projects (known as "CWIP" or "... [read more]

Iowa E85 Sales Up 43% In 2010

March 11, 2011 by Mike Gregory
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The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) today announced that E85 sales in Iowa reached an all-time high in 2010. According to the Iowa Department of Revenue, sales of E85 by Iowa retailers reached 9,311,908 gallons last year representing a 43% increase over 2009 sales. “E85 has been a great success for Iowa consumers and retailers... [read more]

Three more states weigh in for nuclear energy

February 28, 2011 by Dan Yurman
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Legislative action taking place in Missouri, Indiana, and Iowa The promise of carbon emission free electricity may be realized in three states that previously had few prospects for pursuing it. On Feb 23 a Missouri House committee endorsed legislation that would allow utilities to charge customers for a portion of the costs of building... [read more]

States grapple with nuclear energy

February 28, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Experience varies widely What’s a state legislature to do? The President earlier this month went to Maryland, which already had two nuclear reactors and is planning a third, to announce he’s granting an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to two more new nuclear reactors in Georgia. That’s two states down, 48 to go. Don’t hold your breath... [read more]

Our Tax Dollars at Work

January 27, 2010 by Robert Rapier
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First off, a couple of announcements. After being able to stay at home for the past two months, I have a very heavy travel schedule over the next two weeks. My participation here will probably be limited. I am off to Seattle tomorrow, on to the Netherlands from there, will visit Switzerland and Germany, back to the U.S. mainland, on to... [read more]

Stunning Timelapse Video of Coal-Fired Power Plan

January 18, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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The following video is a compilation of timelapse images of the Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant near Council Bluffs, Iowa.  Shot by photographer Jeff Grewe with Canon 5D Mark I and Mark II cameras, the video is made from several series of still images. Accompanied by music from “The Shining”, the images... [read more]

Elevance mulls Iowa biorefinery

November 19, 2009 by Doris de Guzman
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Thanks to the Green Underworld Reporter for sending this information about Elevance Renewable Sciences in a proposed joint venture with biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) to build a 2.6m gallon/year demo-scale integrated biorefinery in Newton, Iowa. In an application filed by Elevance late last month to the Iowa Dept. of... [read more]

Hansen stands by coal train/death train analogy

November 26, 2007 by Joseph Romm
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In his final testimony submitted to the Iowa Utilities Board on the proposed coal-fired power plant in Iowa, NASA’s James Hansen used a very provocative metaphor about the trains that deliver coal: If we cannot stop the building of more coal-fired power plants, those coal trains will be death trains — no less gruesome than if they were... [read more]