The largest and dirtiest power plant in AES Indiana’s fleet is coming under renewed criticism for violating its air and water permits and for maintenance problems that have contributed to higher customer bills.... Read More
California-based Fulcrum BioEnergy LLC has received a key approval for its plans for a $600 million waste-to-jet fuel facility in Gary. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has approved an air permit for the project.... Read More
New Carlisle, a town of about 1,800 residents in St. Joseph County, is in the running for a $2.4 billion electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant that could mean 1,600 jobs. But it is not the only major project in the works for the community just west of South Bend.... Read More
A startup company based in Tennessee plans to invest $41.9 million in a waste-to-energy manufacturing plant in Mooresville that it predicts will employ 259 people by 2030.... Read More
New details surrounding a potential electric vehicle battery plant in New Carlisle were unveiled during a St. Joseph County Council meeting Tuesday night. The council unanimously approved a declaratory resolution establishing an economic revitalization area inside the...... Read More
Governor Eric Holcomb and a delegation that includes Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers and Purdue University officials are in Asia as part of the state’s amped-up efforts to attract investment from semiconductor and electric vehicle battery companies. ... Read More
A massive electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant could be coming to St. Joseph County, Inside INdiana Business confirmed Thursday. Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between General Motors Co. and LG Energy Solution, has filed a tax abatement application with the county for a facility in New Carlisle that could bring over $2 billion in investment and more than 1,000 jobs to northern Indiana.... Read More
Plainfield-based Duke Energy Indiana is giving new purpose to two electric transmission towers that have reached the end of their service life. The utility says the towers will be repurposed as nesting platforms for bald eagles at the Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area in West Terre Haute.... Read More
The Ports of Indiana is conducting a pilot program to examine the use of heavy-duty electric vehicles at its port in Burns Harbor. At least for the next six months, the authority will make available a variety of battery-powered trucks, terminal tractors and forklifts to its 30 tenants. ... Read More
The chief operating officer and chief financial officer of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership says Thursday's announcement that Indianapolis-based Energy Systems Network is merging with the Battery Innovation Center in Newberry is a strategic opportunity to further an already strong relationship. ... Read More
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has given approval for Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Co. to increase its natural gas rates in a two-step process beginning in September. The utility says the average residential customer will see an expected overall increase of about $6 per month.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Energy Systems Network, the advanced energy technology and transportation initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, will merge with the Battery Innovation Center in Newberry, the CICP announced Thursday. The partnership says the merger will create "a number of synergies and efficiencies" between the two organizations.... Read More
A new report from Los Angeles-based nonprofit WorkingNation says the demand for green jobs in Indiana is projected to increase nearly 30% over the next five years. "Green Jobs Now: Indiana" says the state currently employs nearly 12,000 green economy workers and there were more than 3,500 job openings in 2021.... Read More
A site in Shelby County is one of four selected for waste heat to power (WHP) projects being developed by Kansas-based Tallgrass Energy and Houston-based Kanin Energy. The developers say when complete, the Indiana project will create enough emission-free energy to power more than 8,500 homes annually.... Read More
The president and CEO of Energy Systems Network in Indianapolis says a recently-launched program aims to help Hoosier manufacturers deal with increasing industrial energy costs. The state's advanced energy technology initiative this spring announced the launch of Energy INsights, which seeks to use artificial intelligence and data science to not only reduce costs for manufacturers, but improve sustainability.... Read More
The chief executive officer of California-based Brightmark Energy says production at the plastics-to-fuel plant in the northeast Indiana town of Ashley is nearing completion of its startup phase. ... Read More
A high school in Greene County is going green with a new solar farm it says will save the school district more than $1 million over the next 12 years. ... Read More
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has approved plans from Evansville-based CenterPoint Energy Indiana South to build a natural gas turbine facility in Posey County. The electric utility business of Texas-based CenterPoint Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNP) says the $334 million project will replace two coal-fired generation units at the A.B. Brown power plant.... Read More
Slovakia-based startup InoBat Auto plans to build research and development and production facilities in Indiana to make batteries for the electric vehicle industry, the company announced Thursday.... Read More
Israel-based Doral Renewables LLC says it has closed on construction financing for the first phase of a $1.5 billion solar farm in Starke and Pulaski counties. The first phase, known as Mammoth North, is expected to generate enough electricity to power 75,000 homes annually.... Read More
