BioTown still dependent on grid eight years later
Eight years after being nicknamed Biotown USA, the town of Reynolds is as dependent on the energy grid as it ever was, and is likely to become more so.
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Indiana wind energy industry wants longer tax credit
Officials with Indiana's wind energy industry say they are relieved by Congress' one-year extension of a tax credit but contend it will take a longer-term approach to grow the industry and create jobs in the state.
Indiana experiencing surge in wind power market
Indiana has a wind resource of 148,228 megawatts, the 15th biggest in the country, according to industry trade group the American Wind Energy Association. And its growing.
Crews face deadline on central Indiana wind farm project
Construction crews are hustling to beat a Dec. 31 deadline to get 125 turbines in operation for a wind farm that is eventually planned to reach into four central Indiana counties.
Wabash Valley Power aggressively shifting to greener alternatives
The Wabash Valley Power Association has been reducing its dependence on energy produced from coal—from 95 percent five years ago to 54 percent today. The utility is leaning more on natural gas and even renewable-energy sources like methane from landfills and animal waste.
Airport could land second solar-energy farm
The Indianapolis Airport Authority is in talks that could lead to a second solar farm at Indianapolis International Airport. Discussions are taking place even as the initial solar farm has yet to get off the ground.
Wind farm in limbo over tax-credit uncertainty
Unless Congress votes to extend renewable energy tax credits by the end of the year, E-on Climate & Renewables has to have all 125 wind turbines operational in Phase 1 of the Wildcat Wind Farm in northern Madison County and eastern Tipton County.
Solar panel maker Abound to auction off assets
Abound Solar Inc., the bankrupt solar-panel maker that had hoped to hire up to 1,200 people in Indiana by the end of next year, will have its assets sold at auctions this month and in October.
Transmission line would bring more wind power to Indiana
Indiana electric utilities choking on federal environmental rules that threaten their coal and oil-powered generating stations might be able to tap wind power generated in the plains states starting in 2017.
IPL agrees to buy solar power from Sunrise Energy Ventures
The Minnesota-based firm plans to generate the power at three, 10-megawatt sites in IPL’s service territory.
IPL pulling plug on renewable-energy effort
Indianapolis Power & Light says beginning next March it will stop offering to buy electricity from customers who generate it from renewable sources—a blow to advocates of wind, solar and other clean forms of energy.
Abound failure raises questions anew about Obama policies
The failure of a second solar manufacturer that received loan guarantees from the U.S. Energy Department adds to pressure on President Barack Obama to justify incentives for the clean-energy industry that’s being undercut by Chinese competition.
Abound Solar set to close doors, file for bankruptcy
Abound Solar Inc., a Colorado-based solar manufacturer that once hoped to hire 1,200 people in Indiana by the end of 2013, will close its doors and file for bankruptcy.
State’s advanced battery initiative charging ahead
Following setbacks, industry leaders prepare to launch innovation center downstate
Central Indiana wind-farm company seeking tax breaks
A company planning to build a wind farm spread across four central Indiana counties is asking officials in one of those counties for property tax breaks on a future phase of the project.
Companies seek solar-panel lease contracts from city
The City-County Council is set to hear a proposal by two companies to lease space on city-owned rooftops and sell electricity generated by solar panels installed in those spots.
Work on central Indiana wind farm set for this summer
A company planning to build a wind farm spread across four central Indiana counties north of Indianapolis says it has obtained 125 building permits for the project's first phase.
Indianapolis expects savings from sweeping energy project
The city is guaranteed $7.5 million in savings over 15 years from a $18 million upgrade of city facilities, and the savings are expected to accumulate further.
Investors still may clean up on some clean-tech bets
The spectacular flameouts of some startup firms underscores the risk of relying on infusions of federal money to keep a business viable.
Purdue gets grant to develop cheaper solar cell
Purdue University researchers are working to increase the efficiency of a new solar cell that they say could become a significant player in energy production.