{"id":5467,"date":"2013-11-22T14:54:57","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2013-11-22T14:55:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:55:14","slug":"clean-energy-is-good-business-for-iowa-all-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/11\/22\/clean-energy-is-good-business-for-iowa-all-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Energy is Good Business for Iowa All Around"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jackie<\/a>What do you do when a major new customer arrives in town asking for renewable energy?\u00a0\u00a0 You supply it.\u00a0 Facebook\u2019s decision<\/a> to locate a new data center in Iowa and supply that data center with 100% wind energy is a great example of a company using its clout for good.\u00a0 To show its seriousness of intent, Facebook simultaneously pursued development rights to two wind parcels, one in Iowa and Nebraska, alongside its traditional site evaluation for a new data center.\u00a0 Iowa won the new data center, in no small part due to its leadership in the wind sector<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Vincent Van Son<\/a>, Facebook\u2019s Data Center Energy Manager, \u201cWhen we settled on Altoona as the location for our fourth data center, one of the deciding factors was the opportunity to help develop a new wind project in the state. The project brings additional investment and jobs to the region, and in effect it makes it possible, on an annualized basis, for 100% of our energy needs to be met entirely with one of Iowa\u2019s most abundant renewable resources.\u201d Facebook worked with a local developer, RPM Access, and then at a key point, transferred ownership to a major utility, Mid-American.\u00a0 This project enabled Facebook to announce last week that the new data center will be supplied by 100% renewable energy.<\/p>\n

As we profiled<\/a> last year with Collaborative Economics, Iowa views the wind sector as a powerful economic development driver.\u00a0 As a result, it has emerged as an epicenter of wind in all facets \u2013 installations, innovation and manufacturing strength.\u00a0 Iowa\u2019s multi-pronged clean energy strategy continues to deliver economic wins in 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For example, just this year, MidAmerican Energy announced<\/a> that it will invest up to $1.9 billion to expand its wind generation fleet and add up to 1,050 megawatts of wind generation in Iowa by year-end 2015, including the Facebook-initiated wind project.\u00a0 The company projected that \u201cthe wind expansion will provide more than $3 million in landowner payments each year and more than $360 million in additional property tax revenues over the next 30 years. \u00a0The expansion will be constructed at no net cost to the company\u2019s customers and will help stabilize electric rates over the long term. \u00a0Approximately 1,000 construction jobs will be added to Iowa\u2019s economy during the two-year construction period, and approximately 40 new permanent jobs will be added when the expansion is complete.\u201d<\/p>\n

These new projects also create more customers for Siemens Energy, a midwest manufacturer.\u00a0 MidAmerican Energy also announced<\/a> that Siemens Energy would be the turbine supplier for all project sites.\u00a0 All of the blades for the expansion will be manufactured at Siemens\u2019 Fort Madison, Iowa facility and the nacelles will be manufactured at Siemens\u2019 Hutchinson, Kansas facility.<\/p>\n

Facebook should definitely be applauded for its commitment to renewable energy, though it is important to note that little of this would have been possible without Greenpeace\u2019s April 2011 report How Dirty is your Data?<\/a> and related campaign.\u00a0 Greenpeace increased awareness for everyone \u2013 inside and outside the industry \u2013 that data centers continue to be very energy intensive despite efficiency in design.\u00a0 According to Greenpeace, \u201cPacked full of computer servers, these facilities consume huge amounts of electricity, amounting to an incredible 1.5 to 2 percent of global energy demand (3 percent in the U.S.) \u2013 and it’s growing at a rate of 12 percent a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s encouraging to see such quick changes in how Facebook operates its business and the positive ripple effects.\u00a0 A shining example of where clean energy and economic development go hand-in-hand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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