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Pile of logs

130-year-old northern Wisconsin manufacturer logs energy efficiency milestone

Great Lakes Veneer in Marion, Wisconsin earned a 2023 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award from Focus on Energy.

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motors in a factory

Ask an engineer: Three-phase vs. single-phase motors

Are three-phase motors more efficient than single-phase ones? Three-phase motors are slightly more efficient and cost-effective for two reasons: The power delivery mechanism and motor design.

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Three images side by side. The image on the left is of a fossil fuel generation facility. The image in the middle is of a line worker in the bucket of a bucket truck fixing a distribution wire. The image on the right is of a circuit breaker.

The flow of electricity from start to finish

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Silhouette of two construction workers standing in an array of wind turbines. The worker on the left is pointing to the left.
11.16.23
Building a wind farm
Travero Logistics Recycling Case Study
11.14.23
Join in on America Recycles Day!
Big Cedar Industrial Center logo
11.14.23
Alliant Energy powers Cedar Rapids' economic development
Leafy green plant sprouting from rich soil.

Grow plants in the winter with a mini greenhouse

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Alliant Energy wind turbine in a cornfield
11.07.23
Renewables progress from 25 years as Alliant Energy
Rendering of proposed Energy Dome storage facility.
11.03.23
New technology boosts grid reliability
iJag student and Alliant Energy employee
11.01.23
Alliant Energy partners with iJAG to ready Ottumwa students for energy careers
light bulbs in a row

Are incandescent lightbulbs dead?

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woman serving food
10.31.23
Shining a light on food insecurity in Iowa
one million trees logo
10.31.23
Working together to plant more trees in Cedar Rapids 
Richard Feustel, Focus on Energy advisor
10.30.23
A day in the life of Mercury Marine’s Focus on Energy advisor 

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