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
Plainfield-based Duke Energy Indiana said Thursday it has received approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to lower bills due to declining fuel and purchased power costs. Customers will see their bills decrease by about $26 per month.... Read More
The associate director of the Transportation and Autonomous Systems Institute at the Purdue School of Engineering & Technology in Indianapolis says the transition to electric vehicles can be compared to the switch from horses to gas-powered cars. ... Read More
A Texas-based specialty materials manufacturer is growing operations in northern Indiana. Alkegen has begun commercial production of its silicon battery anode material in New Carlisle and plans to add 75 jobs as a result.... Read More
The CEO of Oregon-based Entek says the company has eyes on continued growth in the Wabash Valley. Larry Keith says the growing demand for batteries, particularly in the EV industry, creates "a tremendous amount of growth opportunity for us beyond this."... Read More
A renewable energy producer in White County is cutting the ribbon on it calls one of the world's largest on-farm biodigester facilities. BioTown Biogas says the facility takes agricultural waste and processes it into renewable natural gas and electric power.... Read More
Oregon-based battery component producer Entek will invest $1.5 billion to establish a new manufacturing campus in the Vigo County Industrial Park II in Terre Haute, the IEDC announced Tuesday. Entek plans to add nearly 650 jobs by the end of 2027. ... Read More
A new “good neighbor” rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency will restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution they can’t control.... Read More
A bill designed to incentivize Indiana counties to permit solar and wind projects passed the Senate last week and is expected to be heard in the House later this month, but a key provision that would have allowed state dollars to fund the program was stripped.... Read More
California-based Mullen Automotive has received approval from the Nasdaq for a 180-day extension to meet the stock market's $1 minimum bid price requirement. The electric vehicle manufacturer is facing delisting after its stock fell below $1 last July.... Read More
In a play to spotlight and advance its efforts with hydrogen fuel cells, battery power and other green technologies, Indiana-based Cummins Inc. has rebranded that part of its business as Accelera by Cummins.... Read More
