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# GRAPHIC: Nearly 60 percent of energy production in Iowa comes from wind turbines
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/graphic-nearly-60-percent-of-energy-production-in-iowa-comes-from-wind-turbines/
- Published: 2022-08-03T21:38:40.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-03T21:38:40.000Z
- Description: Since 2006, Iowa has increased its wind energy production 15 times over.
- Author: Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest
- Tags: Data Harvest, iowawatch, TP::Explainer, Iowa, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

In the course of 15 years, the state of Iowa has managed to increase wind energy production by a whopping 15 times what it was in 2006.

In that year, Iowa produced 2,317 megawatts-hour of wind energy, while other sources produced 44,039 megawatts-hour of energy, according to the Iowa Utility Board. At that time, wind energy only represented 5% of the state's electric generation.

By 2020, the state had increased its alternative energy production to 57% of its total energy output, according to information published by the Iowa Utility Board, based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

*Mónica Cordero is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms.*

*Top image: photo by Darrell Hoemann, Investigate Midwest*