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The Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) was Iowa's only nuclear power plant.It is located on a 500-acre (200 ha) site on the west bank of the Cedar River, two miles (3.2 km) north-northeast of Palo, Iowa, USA, or eight miles (13 km) northwest of Cedar Rapids.
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Iowa, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Iowa had a total summer capacity of 21,771 MW through all of its power plants, and in 2022 Iowa had a net generation of 71,316 GWh. [ 2 ]
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Owner NextEra says it's conducting studies and talking to regulators as it eyes a restart of its Duane Arnold nuclear plant northwest of Cedar Rapids
More, each power plant has to pay congestion costs, to move its energy on the power grid. Some plants have around $1/MW·h to $2,50/MW·h of such costs. Quad Cities is projected to pay $9.60/MW·h in 2015. Putting all together, Exelon expected to get revenue around $22.50/MW·h in 2017, so Quad Cities would lose $11/MW·h.
Until last year, when a Georgia nuclear plant commenced operations, there had not been a nuclear power plant built from scratch in the U.S. in over 30 years. It was the first nuclear reactor start ...
In 2021, Iowa had a total summer capacity of 21,771 MW through all of its power plants, and in 2022 Iowa had a net generation of 71,316 gigawatt-hours. [3] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 62.4% wind, 25.4% coal, 9.2% natural gas, 1.6% hydroelectric, 1% solar, 0.2% petroleum and 0.3% biomass.
“Yesterday’s nuclear waste is holding back tomorrow’s reactors.” Home & Garden. Lighter Side