Jenna Ladd | October 2, 2017

Episode 8 of EnvIowa features an interview with Ingrid Gronstal Anderson, Environmental Compliance Specialist with the University of Iowa Power Plant. Ingrid explains the unique challenges faced by a university-based utility and recent strides the plant has made toward a renewable energy portfolio, which includes a growing miscanthus energy crop biomass program.

The facility is working closely with university administrators to achieve UI President Harreld’s goal of becoming coal-free by 2025.

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