MidAmerican Energy to Build Additional $900 Million in New Windfarms in Iowa

SUGAR LAND--August 3, 2015--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--MidAmerican Energy Company (Des Moines, Iowa), a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKA) (Omaha, Nebraska), wants to invest about $900 million to construct up to 552 megawatts (MW) of new wind power generating capacity in Iowa. The request, filed earlier this summer with Iowa utility regulators, said construction could begin early next year, and the new turbines could be operating by yearend 2016, providing the regulators approve the request in a timely fashion.

Within this article: Details on MidAmerican Energy Company's wind-power expansion plans for Iowa.