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Staci Hupp Ballard
Phone: 515.348.6245
Email: communications@iowaeda.com
October 7, 2025 (DES MOINES, IA) – Today, the Iowa Energy Center (IEC) Board awarded nearly $2.3 million to eight projects through the IEC Grant Program. The competitive grant opportunity, funded by gas and electric utilities across the state, enables eligible applicants to pursue projects that provide a benefit to Iowa ratepayers and align with one of the key focus areas of the Iowa Energy Plan. These areas include technology-based energy research and development, energy workforce development, support for rural and underserved areas, biomass conversion, natural gas expansion in underserved areas, electric grid modernization, alternative fuel vehicles, and carbon management.
IEC Grant Program recipients and awards, approved on October 7, 2025:
| Organization | Project Name | Grant Award |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa State University | Enhancing Iowa’s Energy Resilience Through Anaerobic Digestion-Based Microgrids | $255,680 |
| Iowa State University | Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assisted Robotic Mapping of Underground Infrastructure | $300,001 |
| Iowa State University | Development of New Ultra-Low-Cost, Ultra-High-Performance, All Solid-State Sodium Batteries using All Iowa Resources for Storage of Renewable Iowa Wind Energy | $458,743 |
| Iowa State University | Fatigue Failure Mitigation in Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced (ACSR) Conductors of Power Grids via Advanced Peening Technologies | $300,000 |
| Terenc, LLC | Distributed Energy Resource Management System for Rural Electric Cooperatives and Municipal Utilities | $256,509 |
| Iowa State University | Implementing a GIS Tool for Enhancing Gridline Resilience to Natural Hazards | $296,905 |
| Iowa State University | CyMath: K12 and College Math Tutoring as a Springboard to Strengthen Statewide Iowa Energy Workforce | $99,999 |
| Iowa State University | Data-Driven Modeling, Prediction, and Mitigation of Electrification Impacts in Iowa Cold Weather | $300,000 |
| Total IEC Grant Awards | $2,267,837 |
For more information on the IEC Grant Program, visit the webpage here.
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