MidAmerican Energy
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Wind
Iowa Utility Proposes $3.9 Billion Renewable Energy Project
A subsidiary of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy has announced it plans to invest another $3.9 billion into renewable energy in Iowa, with a project that would add more than 2 GW of wind power to the state. Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy on Jan. 19 said the Wind PRIME project also includes solar power […]
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Press Releases
New video from MidAmerican Energy depicts construction of tallest wind turbine
DES MOINES, Iowa – (May 23, 2016) – MidAmerican Energy Company released a video today depicting the construction of the largest land-based wind turbine ever built in the United States. “Reaching New Heights” uses a combination of time-lapse footage, aerial photography and behind-the-scenes action shots to document the steps involved in building MidAmerican Energy’s first […]
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Renewables
Seven Power Companies Sign Obama’s Climate Pledge, Commitments Include Retiring Coal
Seven power producers have joined 74 other companies in signing on to the Obama administration’s American Business Act on Climate initiative, which is aimed at rallying U.S. companies behind the need for action on climate change ahead of international climate talks in Paris next month. The seven are Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE)—parent company of PacifiCorp, […]