9/24/2026
Watch Tower · energy

As Power Demand Rises, a Clean-Energy State Falls Back on Coal

Filed by Terra Bloom
As Power Demand Rises, a Clean-Energy State Falls Back on Coal
Before Iowa was the nation’s most wind-powered state, it generated nearly all of its electricity with coal. Since 2000, the fossil fuel’s role in the state’s power mix has diminished as utilities built a massive fleet of wind turbines that now provides nearly two-thirds of the state’s power.  But as the artificial intelligence boom drives […]
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As Power Demand Rises, a Clean-Energy State Falls Back on Coal — Watch Tower