Up to 20 Percent of Iowa’s Energy is Generated by Wind

During the last seven years, the state of Iowa has been increasing its wind power capacity. So, according to a document from Iowa Policy Project, up to 20% of Iowa’s energy is generated by this new green source.

David Osterberg, the organization’s director claims that in the last two years, this state added about 2,500 megawatts of wind turbine capacity, and today it has a wind capacity nearly 6 times the size of Iowa’s lone nuclear plant.

In the future the number of green jobs could reach 10,000(only from wind energy production). Now, coal-fired power plants generate seventy-five percent of Iowa’s energy.

[Source: Care2]