Mid American Energy is filing a request with the Iowa Utilities Board to build WIND 11, a project that will add up to 2,000 megawatts of wind generation in Iowa. Mid America’s Ruth Comer says their $ 3.6 billion investment is the largest economic development project in Iowa history.

She says those additional 1,000 wind turbines bring Mid American’s total to 3,000 wind turbines. Comer says Iowa will receive over 40 percent of its energy from wind once their Wind 11 project is completed.

Comer says Mid American Energy has great relations with Iowa’s farmers, landowners and local communities which has allowed them to move forward successfully with these projects.

Mid American Energy began their Iowa wind projects in 2004.