A Kosciusko County board voted unanimously against recommending the rezoning of 550 acres of farmland for a possible data center. The rezoning request from Prologis now goes before the county's commissioners, who aren't bound by the board.... Read More
More than a billion dollars worth of government incentives to boost rural Hoosier broadband access could get tangled in the utility pole attachment fight between Indiana’s electricity providers and telecommunications companies.... Read More
Ateios Systems, which operates out of The Battery Innovation Center, has developed a platform for manufacturing battery electrodes without toxic solvents or forever chemicals.... Read More
A bill offering cost-recovery mechanisms for small modular nuclear reactor projects is heading to Gov. Mike Braun's desk. Similar measures are still working through the legislature as ratepayer advocates still have concerns.... Read More
Legislation setting standards for new, big electricity users — plus, complicating coal-powered closures and benefiting nuclear reactor efforts — drew criticism from utility customer advocates. Proponents maintained the changes are critical to continued economic growth.... Read More
A statewide environmental advocacy group is challenging an Indiana Office of Administrative Law Proceedings’ decision to uphold a water pollution permit that allowed the discharge of untreated wastewater into a portion of the White River near Martinsville.... Read More
Wabash Valley Power Alliance filed an “expedited project review request” earlier this month with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, writing that “additional load has committed” to the district.... Read More
The facility, when complete, will have the capacity to process and convert 200 tons of organic waste—such as food scraps and processing byproducts—into renewable natural gas, the company said Thursday.... Read More
Electrified Materials Corp. will use the $911,519 matching grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's waste diversion project toward equipment for recycling rare earth magnets and battery materials, the company said.... Read More
Terre Haute-based Hallador Energy Co. said in its most recent earnings report that it is making "meaningful progress" toward reaching an agreement for a new data center in Indiana.... Read More
Donald Trump's EPA cuts are affecting Evansville as the city is currently unable to access $20 million in funding awarded by the Biden Administration that would have funded a variety of public transit improvements.... Read More
Newburgh-based Energy Systems Group on Monday announced Jeff Blum as its new CEO. Blum most recently served as a senior vice president with elevator and escalator company Kone.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Wabash Valley Power Alliance and Bloomington-based Hoosier Energy did not disclose their financial investment in the acquisition.... Read More
A bill to give utility companies tax breaks and cost-recovery mechanisms if they pursue small modular nuclear reactor projects appears poised to become law after passing out of a House committee this week. ... Read More
In a statement titled “Reset BP,” the company—which operates a large oil refinery in Whiting—said it will reduce its spending on net zero transition businesses by $5 billion a year to up to 2 billion. ... Read More
Potential rollbacks of Biden-era policies that incentivized EV production and ownership have stirred apprehension among some local economic development officials across the state, but Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore said he isn’t among those losing sleep just yet.... Read More
Donald Trump has frozen billions of dollars in Energy Department loans for clean energy projects. But on Feb. 7, he quietly blessed one deal cut during Joe Biden’s presidency: a $782 million loan guarantee to a company expanding a biofuels plant in Montana.... Read More
Indiana’s Senate on Tuesday approved a trio of education measures – on supplemental teacher pay, sexual education materials and chaplain-counselors – largely along party lines. Then, the chamber nearly split on bulked-up carbon storage regulations.... Read More
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, or IURC, gave approval for an increase of $395.7 million a year for rates and charges, down from the $491.5 million hike requested by Duke—a decrease of 19.5%.... Read More
Indiana Michigan Power is applying for a $50 million federal grant to explore building a small modular nuclear reactor in Rockport. I&M says the project could cost $3 billion and would be a a decade away, but the grant gets the ball rolling.... Read More
