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Indiana activists oppose nuclear incentive bill
A bill that would offer Indiana's utilities incentives to build the state's first nuclear power plants is advancing in the Statehouse despite strong opposition from environmentalists, renewable energy boosters and industries that consume large amounts of electricity.
Degree in clean energy to be offered at IUPUI
The bachelor’s in energy engineering and technology is believed to be one of only a handful of such programs offered around the country.
Indiana Senate panel advances nuclear incentive bill
A bill that would allow Indiana's utilities to quickly pass onto their customers some of the costs of planning nuclear power plants is advancing in the General Assembly.
Nuclear power bill at statehouse conjures up ghosts
A controversial bill in the Indiana Senate would make it easier for utilities to quickly bill ratepayers for proposed nuclear and other clean-energy projects.
Solar panel maker plans up to 240 jobs in Columbus
A Muncie-based startup company to spend nearly $9 million to start production at a Columbus industrial park. The plant will make high-efficiency solar panels that are in growing demand around the world.
Indiana resists call for renewable energy mandates
The state is one of only 14 nationwide without a renewable energy standard, according to the Pew Center of Global Climate Change.
Ethanol’s future clouded by potential loss of tax breaks
The fortunes of Indiana’s 12 ethanol plants, and the farmers and truckers who supply the corn to make the motor fuel additive, hinge on two decisions facing Congress and federal regulators in the weeks ahead.
Local developer planning Indiana wind farm
Carmel-based Performance Services Inc. plans a 25-turbine wind farm in a rural area north of Lafayette, across about 2,500 acres in northern Tippecanoe County.
Hoosier pitches solar-power solution
An Arcadia man has developed a novel way to generate alternating current from the sun.
Indianapolis-based Xylogenics licenses yeast strain to ethanol producer
Xylogenics claims its yeast strain, developed at the Indiana University School of Medicine, can increase yields and lower
costs of producing corn ethanol.
Purdue aims to boost solar progress
Purdue University will join the quest for cheap solar-generated electricity with an initiative aimed at speeding up research
across the industry. The Network for Photovoltaic Technology will launch this fall, focused on creating computer models to
eliminate costly and slow trial-and-error research in the solar industry.
Indiana officials excited about solar company’s plan
Tipton County officials had been working for months to attract Abound Solar to the 800,000-square-foot factory along U.S.
31, where it might employ as many as 850 workers.
Solar panel maker must prove low production cost
The company says it will hire 900 to 1,200 people in Indiana, but first, it must focus on successfully scaling up its existing
facility in Colorado.
Smart plug-in is audibly different from conventional model
The future of electric-powered automotive transportation is already sitting in the showroom of the Indianapolis Smart car
dealership at 4000 E. 96th St. It’s a European version of the plug-in Smart.
Central Indiana aims to become electric vehicle powerhouse
Central Indiana might be in line to tap hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants and loan guarantees to energize
the rollout of plug-in electric cars and trucks. Both chambers of Congress are considering measures that would require the
Department of Energy to select up to 15 cities nationwide to participate in a national electric vehicle deployment program.
IPL mulling hydroelectric power on Ohio River
Expecting to be burned by greenhouse gas legislation that will make electricity generated from coal costly, Indianapolis Power
& Light is studying whether to buy power from two hydroelectric projects proposed for the Ohio River, near Evansville.
IPL settles $190M dispute, resumes wind farm project
Indianapolis Power & Light tilted at wind farm developer by terminating its contract. Now a new agreement avoids the potential
$190 million in damages enXco sought against the local utility.
Ethanol doubles its efforts in effort to keep subsidies
For years, ethanol fuel derived from corn was almost politically untouchable, thanks to powerful advocates on Capitol Hill.
The ethanol industry has consequently exploded over the last decade, thanks to government subsidies and incentives. But skepticism
about ethanol is rising, prompted by fluctuating food prices and an organized campaign by anti-ethanol advocates to discredit
the industry.
Ivy Tech gets $4.7M energy grant to retrain 1,500 workers
Federal money will help create programs at community college and Purdue University to offer skills in smart-grid technologies.