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Warren Buffett Is Making A $1.9 Billion Bet On Wind

Warren Buffett Is Making A $1.9 Billion Bet On Wind
Catherine Lucey, Associated Press | May 9, 2013, 12:44 PM | 2,406 | 18

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's largest energy company announced plans Wednesday to spend $1.9 billion to install hundreds of wind turbines by the end of 2015, marking what the governor described as the largest economic development project in the state's history.

Officials with Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy made the announcement at a Statehouse news conference with Gov. Terry Branstad, who noted that wind energy has been a selling point for high-tech firms looking to invest in Iowa.

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