SUGAR LAND, TX–(Marketwired – Dec 19, 2016) – Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — Wind power accounts for about 35% of all the electricity generated in Iowa, and that percentage is poised to surge after MidAmerican Energy Company (Des Moines, Iowa) received regulatory approval to add up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity to its resource portfolio. The utility’s Wind XI windfarm, with total investment value (TIV) of about $3.6 billion, will be built in stages and in several locations in Iowa over the next few years.

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