Iowa
Clay Central/Everly Community School District
This school has a 95kW turbine. Learn more about the school district on their web site.
Nevada High School, Nevada, IA: Community Wind Project
This school district has two 250kW machines. Read more about the school district on their web site.
Akron-Westfield Community School District, Akron IA: Community Wind Project
This school district has a 600kW turbine. Read more about the district on their web site. Read this brief news article about the turbine from Wind Powering America.
Spirit Lake Community Schools, Spirit Lake, IA: Community Wind Project
The Spirit Lake Community Schools in Spirit Lake, IA has two utility-scale turbines.
Waverly, IA: Waverly Light and Power Community Wind Project
Midwest Municipal Utility is a Wind Power Pioneer
Algona, IA: Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project
There are three turbines in Algona, Iowa owned by a consortium of municipal utilities.
Small Packages, Big Benefits: Economic Advantages of Local Wind Projects
This report by Teresa Welsh of The Iowa Policy Project was published April 2005. This report highlights three analyses that compare the economic development benefits of small-scale, locally owned generation to other larger capacity ownership structures and discusses the barriers and changes necessary to aid the development of small scale, locally owned wind generation, specifically in Iowa.
The clouds are a nice backdrop for this Lake Mills turbine
Lake Mills, Iowa. May 2006
Turbines grace a school bus route in Algona, Iowa
These kids have a scenic ride to school
