Gov. Mike Braun has made energy a centerpiece of the first year of his term, but his focus isn’t only about generating more electricity to feed the growing demand from data centers and other economic development.... Read More
Located at the Bendix Distribution Center in Huntington, the new project is expected to supply about half of the distribution center's annual electricity demand and 13% of the total needs of the Huntington campus. ... Read More
Officials from the Indianapolis-based health care system are preparing for a sharp, yearslong rise in energy use at their $4.3 billion hospital expected to open in late 2027, much higher than power needs at their current Methodist and University hospitals.... Read More
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has approved an agreement among the Fort Wayne-based utility, the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor and consumer groups to acquire the Oregon Clean Energy Center in Oregon, Ohio. ... Read More
Indiana has a transparency and misinformation “problem” when it comes to data centers, Hoosier energy leaders heard Wednesday.... Read More
Officials have cut the ribbon on a $232 million solar farm that has begun operations in Cass County. The 200-megawatt Appleseed Energy Center has the capacity to produce enough energy to power about 60,000 homes annually.... Read More
Indiana leaders gathered Thursday to consider how the state could mine its ample coal waste for the rare earth elements key to modern technology — in a bid to boost domestic production and break China’s dominance.... Read More
Terre Haute-based Hallador Energy Co. is reporting third-quarter net income of $23.9 million, up from $1.6 million last year. CEO Brent Bilsland said the company had an "exceptional" quarter, with "significant gains" across all key financial metrics.... Read More
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has approved a request from the city of Anderson to raise water rates to fund multiple municipal water improvements.... Read More
New laws give financial incentives to companies and utilities that invest in small modular reactors, or SMRs. They expedite the approval process for nuclear permitting and let SMR projects bypass county-level zoning laws in certain circumstances.... Read More
Columbus-based Cummins Inc., which until recently saw huge growth potential for its hydrogen electolyzer operations, now says it’s reevaluating that business because demand for the products has evaporated.... Read More
Winchester officials and representatives of Indiana American Water held a ribbon cutting Wednesday for a new $27 million water treatment facility that is expected to improve water quality and reliability and lower energy use.... Read More
The university and the nuclear components manufacturer, which has a large presence in Mount Vernon, signed a memorandum of understanding late last month to establish what Purdue calls a groundbreaking research relationship.... Read More
The company, which goes by Fanco, says its Closed-Fuel Cycle Nuclear Energy Park will be the first of its kind in the country, designed to reprocess and reuse spent nuclear fuel on-site.... Read More
Our partners at WTWO-TV Channel 2 report a $600,000 bond from the Terre Haute Redevelopment Commission has been greenlit to support the solar farm.... Read More
First American Nuclear, a startup developing a fast-spectrum small modular reactor for nuclear energy, is planning to establish its headquarters in Indianapolis, along with manufacturing facilities and an energy park, the company announced Tuesday.... Read More
Construction layoffs at the $3.5 billion GM–Samsung SDI battery cell plant in New Carlisle are drawing attention, but local officials say the pause is part of a planned redesign rather than a sign of deeper trouble. The Detroit News reported Friday that some ...... Read More
State leaders are betting big on small modular reactors, or SMRs, a new form or a form of nuclear technology they believe could power Indiana's energy future and bring investment and jobs to the state.... Read More
The announcement comes about a month after NiSource subsidiary NIPSCO received regulatory approval to establish a new spin-off company designed specifically to deal with large-load customers such as data centers.... Read More
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved a settlement between Duke Energy Indiana and large Indiana coal producers to possibly sell coal units that were expected to be replaced by natural gas units to a third party.... Read More
