Iowa Rides the Wind

Champions of clean energy often look to California and other blue states for leadership on  green issues, but lately the state that is the king of wind power is a decidedly red one in the heart of Middle America. To be sure, Iowa’s success with wind was helped in no small part by its geography. Iowa’s flat topography enables better and more frequent wind gusts. But Iowa also adopted some of the nation’s first policies to promote renewable energy. Now, the Energy Information Administration says  Iowa gets almost a third of its electricity from wind, more than any other state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices