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Alternative Energy - Wind Energy in Iowa

Duration: 04:23

Iowa's rural landscape has grown from being home to 300 wind turbines in 1999 to more than 1,100 turbines today capable of producing 1,273 megawatts of wind power.

With that growth has come jobs, creation of community college programs to train a workforce, and the possible future construction of an underground storage area to store power from wind and other sources that can be accessed on an as-needed basis.

Interviewed in the story are Bob Haug, Executive Director of the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities and Mark Schmidt, a curriculum coordinator and instruction at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville.

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Post Date: April 25, 2008