Valparaiso Mayor Matt Murphy marked the beginning of operation of 100 solar panels atop City Hall. The project is part of an overall effort to add solar panels to several buildings, which officials said would save $5.2 million over their 35-year lifespan.... Read More
London-based Lightsource says commercial operation of its 152-megawatt Bellflower Solar farm in Henry and Rush counties has begun. The $169 million project is expected to generate enough energy to power the equivalent of nearly 27,000 homes annually.... Read More
Officials in St. Joseph County have approved an amended development agreement and incentives for a proposed EV battery cell plant that could be located in Indiana. General Motors plans to invest $3.5 billion to build the facility that could bring 1,600 jobs.... Read More
Columbus-based Accelera by Cummins cut the ribbon Friday on its first U.S. electrolyzer production site. The company said it is utilizing 89,000 square feet of its Fridley, Minnesota facility for the electrolyzer production and plans to add 100 jobs by 2024.... Read More
A Bloomington manufacturer argued before the Indiana Supreme Court Wednesday that it was unfairly forced to modify building plans for a new warehouse, claiming Duke Energy Indiana took part of its land without compensation.... Read More
A Gibson County property was already under a valid lease for oil and gas production and could not be leased for development to an energy company, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Wednesday in affirming a lower court’s summary judgment decision.... Read More
Fort Wayne-based Indiana Michigan Power on Monday announced plans to invest $61 million to enhance its electric transmission network in Noble and Whitley counties. The utility said the project will involve rebuilding nearly 25 miles of transmission lines.... Read More
Indiana’s powerful electric utilities exited the state’s recent legislative session wielding key legislative victories though it might take years to know the ultimate ramifications. But there’s agreement on what the future holds for ratepayers: higher bills.... Read More
A subsidiary of Ohio-based steel roll forming company Omco Holdings cut the ribbon Thursday on a new solar array at its manufacturing plant in Pierceton. Omco Solar also announced that operations are fully underway at its second manufacturing plant in Warsaw.... Read More
The South Bend Common Council has given preliminary approval for tax abatement requests from Verbio North America, which last week acquired the South Bend Ethanol plant. If it receives final approval, the company would save about $16.5 million in taxes.... Read More
Officials in St. Joseph County remain optimistic that New Carlisle could be chosen for a more than $3 billion EV battery cell plant. GM last month announced a partnership with Samsung SDI in South Korea to build the plant, though a location was not identified.... Read More
A startup founded at Purdue University has developed a software platform it says will support the burgeoning advanced air mobility sector, which includes electric-powered aircraft. ... Read More
The president and CEO of Verbio North America Holdings Corp. says the decision to acquire South Bend Ethanol plant was part of a six-month search for a location to expand the company's ethanol and renewable natural gas production operations. ... Read More
Verbio North America Holdings Corp. has acquired South Bend Ethanol, an ethanol production plant, though financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed. However, Verbio said it plans to invest $230 million over the next three years to expand the plant.... Read More
Evansville-based CenterPoint Energy Indiana South has unveiled its Integrated Resource Plan preferred portfolio detailing its continued investment in renewable energy. The utility said the plan outlines its goal to end the use of coal in Indiana by 2027.... Read More
The electric vehicle supply chain is continuing to grow in Kokomo. South Korea-based Jaewon Industrial plans to invest $102 million to build a chemical recycling operation in the Howard County city and create up to 100 jobs by the end of 2024.... Read More
General Motors and South Korea’s Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion in a new electric vehicle battery cell plant in the United States, the companies said Tuesday. They did not announce the intended location of the new factory.... Read More
Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Company on Friday announced Orville Cocking as senior vice president of gas operations. Cocking most recently served as VP of operations for Orange & Rockland Utilities in New York.... Read More
There’s not much to see in this remote corner of southern Decatur County. Farmland sweeps wide in every direction. But an area on the outskirts of Greensburg could be the next center of a growing biogas industry, turning manure into renewable natural gas.... Read More
Fort Wayne-based Indiana Michigan Power announced plans for four new solar power plants. The utility says the plants, to be located across northern and east central Indiana will have the capability to generate power for a total of more than 200,000 homes... Read More
