Several major investments could come to Sullivan County. Sullivan County Commissioners on Tuesday approved economic development agreements with five solar companies and one power plant that combine for over $3 billion worth of investment.... Read More
Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore says Tuesday's announcement from Michigan-based Soulbrain MI further solidifies the city's emergence in the electric vehicle battery market. "[It] poises us to be on the forefront of this new technology," Moore told IIB.... Read More
Michigan-based Soulbrain MI on Tuesday announced plans to invest $75 million to build a manufacturing facility in Kokomo. The company says the facility will be used to produce high purity electrolyte for the production of electric vehicle batteries.... Read More
Workers at an Ultium Cells electric vehicle battery factory in Ohio have voted to join the United Auto Workers union. The vote comes as the company is considering New Carlisle, Ind. as a potential site for another plant location.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $600,000 grant to a West Lafayette-based ag-tech startup co-founded by a Purdue University professor. JUA Technologies International plans to use the funding to further develop its solar-powered crop dehydration technology.... Read More
Houston-based EDP Renewables North America has inked a power purchase agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs for the majority of the electricity that will be generated at the 200-MW Headwaters III Wind Farm in Randolph County, expected to be operational in 2025.... Read More
Fort Wayne-based Indiana Michigan Power is investing $50 million to upgrade substation equipment and rebuild nearly 30 miles of transmission line in Indiana and Ohio. The project will include replacing deteriorating wooden poles that date back to the 1960s.... Read More
General Motors will invest $45 million to expand production at its Bedford facility. The funding will support additional production of EV drive unit castings ahead of expected strong demand for Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV full-size pickup trucks.... Read More
California-based electric vehicle manufacturer Mullen Automotive has secured $150 million in funding it says will be used in part to close on its acquisition of Electric Last Mile Solutions in Michigan, including an EV manufacturing plant in Mishawaka.... Read More
Gov. Eric Holcomb attended the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Egypt this week, where he met with government officials, foreign dignitaries and business leaders to pitch Indiana as a state poised for green energy growth.... Read More
Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1 billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program.... Read More
For years, environmentalists and public officials have urged AES Indiana to stop burning coal at its largest and dirtiest power plant, the Petersburg Generating Station in southwest Indiana. Now, it appears that the utility is getting ready to do just that.... Read More
Columbus-based Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) said Thursday it is preparing to begin construction on a more than 200,000-square-foot electrolyzer manufacturing plant in Spain. The facility is part of the powertrain maker's ongoing effort to create "green" hydrogen as a clean fuel source.... Read More
Honda says it will build a $3.5 billion joint-venture battery factory in rural southern Ohio and hire 2,200 people to staff it as the company starts to turn the state into its North American electric vehicle hub.... Read More
Columbus-based Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) is heavily investing in hydrogen power as part of its global decarbonization goals with the dedication of an electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Minnesota.... Read More
An energy-focused state legislative study committee ended its first and last meeting Thursday with no bill recommendations, but its leader indicated there’s more to come from a separate, related group... Read More
Columbus-based powertrain maker Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) says its 14-acre, 3.6-megawatt solar farm in Nash County, North Carolina is now operational.... Read More
The president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Energy Systems Network says the newly-formed coalition involving Indiana and seven other states means Indiana and the broader Midwest recognize that hydrogen will be a major market opportunity for energy nationwide. ... Read More
A team of engineers at Purdue University have invented a charging station cable it says could fully recharge certain electric vehicles in under five minutes. Issam Mudawar at Purdue says the cable uses an alternative cooling method.... Read More
A new report from Advanced Energy Economy says the increase in the number of clean energy jobs in Indiana more than doubled the state's overall job growth in 2021. The trade association says Indiana employed 89,000 Hoosiers last year in advanced energy jobs.... Read More
