Duane Arnold Energy Center
Sierra Club: Restarting Duane Arnold would be ‘a mistake’
Restarting the Duane Arnold Energy Center nuclear power plant near Palo would be “a mistake” that wouldn’t adequately address power demands and would have “devastating consequences” for the Corridor, including public health and public safety concerns, speakers asserted during an…
First public meeting set May 19 to review Duane Arnold Solar proposals
The first public meeting to review the Duane Arnold Solar utility-scale solar application has been…
Duane Arnold Energy Center saves $100M from record-setting fuel transfer
The Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) safety team transferred spent fuel to Independent Spent Fuel…
Training solar energy’s future workforce
It’s no secret that renewable energy generation has experienced exponential growth despite rising costs for…
Iowa Utilities Board sets partial review schedule for Duane Arnold Solar projects
The Iowa Utilities Board has formally accepted the applications for a pair of utility-scale solar…
Another 61 workers to be cut in May at Duane Arnold Energy Center
NextEra Energy Resources will be cutting another 61 workers in May at the Duane Arnold…
NextEra files applications with Linn County for Duane Arnold Solar projects
NextEra Energy Resources officials said Thursday afternoon they have filed project permit applications with Linn…
Linn County supervisors decline moratorium on utility-scale solar projects
The Linn County Board of Supervisors voted 2-1 Feb. 7 not to move ahead with…
NextEra Energy recognized on Fortune’s 2021 list of companies that ‘Change the World’
NextEra Energy, Inc., which operated the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo and is now…
Spent fuel from Duane Arnold Energy Center moving to on-site dry storage
Spent fuel from the Duane Arnold Energy Center’s now-shuttered nuclear reactor will be transferred to…
Solar farm next best thing
The irony of what is happening in Palo with a proposed large-scale solar farm is…
Area residents decry NextEra solar farm proposal near Palo
NextEra Energy’s proposed plan to build a large-scale solar farm at and around the now-shuttered…
A big loss with Toyota Financial Services
CBJ Editorial The community will need to rely on its sunny disposition now that Toyota…
A Duane Arnold Energy Center eulogy
CBJ Editorial When a prominent business or community leader dies or retires in ordinary times,…
Duane Arnold to stay shuttered following derecho
An aerial view of the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, with the cooling towers…
Closing DAEC won’t help climate change
CBJ Editorial It has been interesting to note the increasing number of elected officials and…