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Iowa has 12GW from 6000 wind turbines installed, and growing daily! Some days in the summer, energy independent!
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Iowa has 12GW from 6000 wind turbines installed, and growing daily!
Some days in the summer, energy independent!
- kibwen 3y agoExtremely impressed at Iowa for seizing its opportunity to be a major wind energy producer. I visited the Iowa State Fair a few years back and they had a big turbine smack-dab in the middle of the fairgrounds, along with a building with educational exhibits on wind energy. Kudos to them.
- gniv 3y agoYeah, you don't hear local politicians brag a lot about this, but the whole middle of US has tons of wind power. Texas alone has more than 40GW: https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/economic-data/energy/2023/wind-snap.php https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/economic-data/energy/2...
- stevenjgarner 3y agoThe average monthly electricity bill in Iowa is $142 [1], or $1,704 annually. As of 2022, Iowa's population was roughly 3.2 million [2], giving an estimated electricity consumption of ~$532 per capita annually. What has to happen for near energy independence to translate to near zero cost? Granted the amortization of installed wind generation is not zero, but I am certain it is not $532 per capita. Interesting side note. Previously, Iowa had one operating base load nuclear plant - the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, which ran for over 40 years before permanently shutting down in August 2020 due to economic reasons and damage from a derecho storm. [1] Citation: EnergySage's 2023 data https://www.energysage.com/ https://www.energysage.com/ [2] Citation: https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=IA https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=IA