To environmentalists, the scores of coal ash ponds that have sprung up around Indiana power plants over the decades are a looming threat to public health and water supplies. Most are near rivers and filled with toxic chemicals, including arsenic and mercury.... Read More
Toyota Material Handling will break ground at the end of the month on a nearly $100 million expansion of its headquarters campus in Columbus. The project involves the construction of a 295,000-square-foot manufacturing facility that will be dedicated to...... Read More
Customers of Fort Wayne-based Indiana Michigan Power will soon see their electric bills go up after the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a rate increase for the utility. The approval follows a settlement agreement reached in December.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Energy Systems Network is launching a network of industry partners designed to support the development of the clean hydrogen market in the Midwest. The goal of the Hydrogen Industry Alliance is to foster collaboration and education.... Read More
Ohio-based steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs is getting set to make major investments in hydrogen at its steel mills in northwest Indiana. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report the company expects to have its blast furnaces heated by a mix of fuels.... Read More
Energy Systems Group, a sustainable infrastructure and energy services company headquartered in Newburgh, has merged with California-based PacificWest Energy Solutions, the company announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed.... Read More
Arizona-based Arevon Energy Inc. this week announced it has secured $352 million in financing for the development of a solar farm in Posey County. Set for completion in the first quarter of 2025, the Posey County Solar Project is expected to generate...... Read More
Duke Energy Indiana, the state’s largest electric utility, is asking state regulators for permission to raise rates about 16% over two years. The company filed a rate request Thursday with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in a move that would...... Read More
New Jersey-based Sunlight Energy Investments is adding to its solar portfolio with the acquisition of a late-stage solar development project in northeast Indiana. While financial details were not disclosed, the company said the solar array in Hamilton will...... Read More
The Indiana Department of Transportation, Purdue University, and Columbus-based Cummins are moving forward with the next phase of a project designed to build what they're calling a first-of-its-kind roadway that can charge electric vehicles while driving.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Transportation this week announced the first round of awards for the state's electric vehicle charging network, known as Charging the Crossroads. A total of 39 sites will receive a share of $100 million in funding from the...... Read More
Merrillville-based NiSource has named Vince Parisi, who has been serving as interim president and chief operating officer of Northern Indiana Public Service Co., to the position on a permanent basis. Mike Hooper left the role earlier this month to...... Read More
Terre Haute-based Hallador Energy Co. is looking to bring more development to its Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County. The company is looking to market the site to data centers, artificial intelligence providers, and other high-density power users. ... Read More
Thor Industries Inc. has received its first electric chassis from a Southern California partner, the next step in the Elkhart-based RV manufacturer’s plan to accelerate electrification. The chassis was provided by Harbinger Motors, a manufacturer of...... Read More
Indiana’s consumer watchdog over the utility industry is recommending a substantial reduction to a base-rate increase sought by Evansville-based CenterPoint Energy Indiana that would raise the average residential monthly electric bill by about $28.... Read More
AES Indiana is moving forward with its plan to stop using coal by 2026 and triple its renewables portfolio by 2027. The company announced Tuesday the next step in a plan to transition its two remaining coal-burning units to run on natural gas.... Read More
The president and chief operating officer of NiSource's subsidiary Northern Indiana Public Service Company is leaving the company this Friday to take a job with a Wisconsin utility energy group. ... Read More
In its latest push into renewable energy, AES Indiana has acquired a large wind farm in northwest Indiana with 53 turbines that could produce enough power for about 29,000 homes. The utility said it has closed on the purchase of the Hoosier Wind project.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Energy Systems Network is moving into the next phase of a statewide program to help small- and medium-sized manufacturers reduce their energy costs.... Read More
Indiana Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg is leading an economic development trip to South Korea this week, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced Monday. Rosenberg and representatives of the IEDC departed Indianapolis on Sunday.... Read More
