Energy Fact Sheets
The Iowa Environmental Council compiles and contributes to fact sheets on a variety of subjects related to clean energy including wind, solar, energy efficiency, transmission, and climate.
Key Iowa Energy Policy Issues
Iowa is a national renewable energy leader, with high levels of wind energy, longstanding energy efficiency programs, and a growing solar market. But there is potential for much more.
Iowa should secure its place as a renewable energy and energy efficiency leader for years to come and ensure that Iowa reaps the environmental and economic benefits from more clean energy.
Key Energy ISSUES IN IOWA
GAS INDUSTRY PROTECTIONS - HF 555/SF 455 TALKING POINTS
Iowa Energy Efficiency Programs
SF 2311 Impact on Utility Energy Efficiency Plans
SF 2311 Impact on Jobs
SF 2311 Impact on Alliant Energy Efficiency Plans
SF 2311 Impact on MidAmerican Energy Efficiency Plans
Iowa's Energy Efficiency Efforts
Energy Efficiency Fact Sheet
SF 2311 Impact on Utility Energy Efficiency Plans
Clean Energy Public Polling
A large majority of Iowans support increasing wind, solar and energy efficiency according to bipartisan poll conducted in 2014.
Iowans support clean energy
Solar Fact Sheets
Solar energy has the potential to play a significant role in Iowa’s energy portfolio and has been gaining momentum in recent years with growth in solar projects statewide.
2021 Solar Energy Fact Sheet
Utility Sunshine Tax – HF 669/SF 583 Talking Points
real potential, ready today: solar energy in iowa - A Summary
Solar Tax Incentives
Iowa can improve access to clean energy by expanding, improving and maintaining clean energy tax incentives for farmers, businesses, residents, utilities, and communities to own or invest in their own wind turbines, solar panels or other forms of clean energy.
2021 Solar ITC Tax Credit sheet
Wind Fact Sheets
Wind in Iowa: Past, Present, Future
Iowa is a national leader in wind energy, producing the highest percentage of electricity produced by wind – 31.3 percent (2015) – of any state. While Iowa’s wind leadership should be applauded, significant potential remains.
2021 iowa wind energy fact sheet
Wind Potential & Economic Impacts
In 2015, the Council partnered with the Iowa Wind Energy Association (IWEA) on its release of two reports. The first report, Iowa's Wind Potential for Addressing 111(d) Goals: The Potential for Tapping Iowa's Wind Resources to Reduce CO2 Emissions, was released in May 2015 and authored by wind industry experts Dan Turner, Ph.D., and Thomas A. Wind, P.E. The second report, Economic Impacts of Wind Energy in Iowa: Four Scenarios, was released in August 2015 and authored by Dave Swenson, an associate scientist in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University. Executive summaries for both reports are below. Full reports are available on the Energy Publications page.
Iowa's wind potential: A summary
Economic impacts of wind in Iowa: a summary
Transmission Fact Sheets
Sufficient high-voltage transmission infrastructure that can carry significant additions of wind power and solar power will is necessary to continue clean energy growth and development.
a direct line to 80% clean energy
map: Transmission lines in iowa
Proposed Transmission Lines
The Cardinal-Hickory Creek line (also known as Dubuque to Madison or MVP 5) and Lakefield to Webster projects would help bring more clean energy on the grid and increase service reliability to homes and businesses.
Cardinal-Hickory Creek (Dubuque to Madison/MVP line 5)
Cardinal Hickory: Unlocking the Midwest's Clean Energy Transition
dubuque to madison fact sheet
Dubuque to madison: three critical questions
Lakefield to Webster Project (MVP line 3)
lakefield to webster fact sheet