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Flickr Josie Taylor | April 12, 2021 The proportion of Iowa’s energy that comes from wind is at almost 60%, the highest in the United States. Iowa added around 540 wind turbines this past year, despite the global pandemic, bringing the total number of wind turbines in the state to almost 5,900, according to the…
Dominion Energy, Virginia’s state utility, plans to install nearly 200 more ocean turbines in the next five years. (Dominion Energy). Courtesy of the Kansas Reflector.
WASHINGTON Two wind turbines, each as tall as the Washington Monument, stand sentinel 27 miles off the coast of Virginia, the nation’s first offshore wind installation in federal waters.
The pilot project began producing power last October but is just the beginning for an industry poised for massive growth over the next decade. Longtime conflicts with the fishing industry remain, as well as some landowners, but with the help of a major push from the Biden administration, offshore wind may finally advance in the Atlantic.