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Iowa Rides the Wind

Published: April 4, 2016, 9:28 p.m.

b'Champions of clean energy often look to California and other blue states for leadership on \\xa0green 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\\u2019s success with wind was helped in no small part by its geography. Iowa\\u2019s flat topography enables better and more frequent wind gusts. But Iowa also adopted some of the nation\\u2019s first policies to promote renewable energy. Now, the Energy Information Administration says \\xa0Iowa gets almost a third of its electricity from wind, more than any other state.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'