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Tag Archives: nuclear energy
Nuclear Energy Revisited
On July 1, Interstate Power and Light Company, the parent company of Alliant Energy, filed an application to add 1,000 megawatts of wind energy “to help boost Iowa’s electric grid and further diversify its energy portfolio,” Olivia Cohen wrote in … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged Duane Arnold nuclear plant, Linn County, nuclear energy, nuclear power, sustainabiilty
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Duane Arnold Back In The News
There’s a lot of chatter about the energy demands of artificial intelligence. As Iowa looks at inviting new data centers into the state, the usual suspects are dragging out the same old sawhorses to devise worn out solutions to meet … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged Duane Arnold, Iowa nuclear plant, nuclear energy, nuclear power
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Nuclear Power Isn’t It
Little has changed to make nuclear power a safe and affordable option to produce electricity. That didn’t stop Iowa Republican members of congress, all four of them, from voting for H.R. 6544, the Atomic Advancement Act of 2023. They were … Continue reading
Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer
In 2018 NextEra Energy Resources announced plans to retire the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) — a 615-MW nuclear power plant located in Palo, Iowa — before the end of 2020. NextEra’s main customer at DAEC, Alliant Energy, will buy … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged ActOnClimate, Duane Arnold, environment, Iowa nuclear plant, nuclear abolition, nuclear energy, Palo nuclear reactor
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Vilsack's Energy Policy Legacy
Does Tom Vilsack’s 2007 consulting agreement with MidAmerican Energy matter any more? It does, but not in the way conservative pundits characterized it, as a form of political corruption, after President Obama appointed Vilsack to his current job as secretary … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged biofuels, coal fired power plants, Iowa nuclear plant, Iowa renewable energy, MidAmerican Energy, natural gas fired power plants, nuclear abolition, nuclear energy, nuclear power, Nuclear power in Muscatine County, Nuclear power legislation, renewable energy, Tom Vilsack
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AARP to MidAmerican Energy: Quit Trying to Fool Iowans
DES MOINES — AARP leaders are taking on MidAmerican Energy false portrayal of the Association’s position on nuclear power and attempts to shift away the focus from what HF 561 really does in their ads. AARP doesn’t oppose nuclear power, … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged AARP, MidAmerican Energy, MidAmerican rate increase, nuclear energy
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