Alliant Energy Adds 1,000 MW of Wind in Iowa

Alliant Energy on Oct. 1 announced the completion of its plan to add 1,000 MW of wind production in Iowa, as the company completed its 130-MW Richland Wind Farm in Sac County, located in west-central Iowa.

The now operational wind farm is among five wind projects across seven counties in the state. Collectively, the projects provide Iowa customers and communities with new renewable energy and are expected to provide power to about 430,000 Iowa homes.

Completing the Richland Wind project expands the company’s total of owned and operated wind generation in the state to nearly 1,300 total MW.

Alliant Energy began construction on the Richland Wind Farm in July 2019, and is now the third largest utility owner-operator of regulated wind in the United States. The company reached a milestone over a two-day period in March when it generated enough renewable wind energy to meet all its Iowa customers’ energy needs from its owned wind farms and wind purchase power agreements.

Alliant Energy has an aspirational goal of eliminating CO2 emissions from the energy the company generates by 2050, a goal that is outlined in its latest Corporate Responsibility Report.