Plans for a $2.4 billion electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant that could potentially be located in Indiana are reportedly on hold indefinitely. The Wall Street Journal reports GM and Korea-based LG Energy Solution failed to come to an agreement.... Read More
Republican lawmakers — along with Democrats and clean energy advocates — want Indiana to figure out solar and wind energy equipment decommissioning and disposal before the hazardous waste involved becomes a large-scale problem.... Read More
Texas-based CenterPoint Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is taking another step to combine its Indiana Electric and Houston Electric business units. The utility said it is bringing both businesses under a single leadership structure.... Read More
The Marion County Superior Court has affirmed an earlier ruling from the Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication regarding the issuance of an air permit by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for Delaware-based Riverview Energy Corp.... Read More
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) this year announced major investments in Indiana as the automaker continues toward its goal of selling only electric passenger vehicles by 2035. In September, GM said it would invest nearly $500 million to expand and upgrade operations at its Marion Metal Center and two months later, detailed plans to invest $45 million to expand production at its Bedford Casting Operations. ... Read More
A pair of engineers at Purdue University are working to improve the efficiency of turbines used to generate wind and marine hydrokinetic energy. A low-speed, high-torque powertrain system has been designed to reduce operational and maintenance costs, as well as environmental contamination of turbines.... Read More
Plainfield-based Duke Energy Indiana is testing the waters when it comes to electric transportation with four pilot programs in the Hoosier State. The utility says the two-year pilots, approved in June by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, are focused on residential and commercial customers, including businesses, schools and local governments. ... Read More
The Madison County Commissioners this week voted to extend a moratorium that prevents the development of large solar energy projects for an additional year. Our partners at The Herald Bulletin report the moratorium was set to expire on Saturday.... Read More
The CEO of AES Indiana says the utility's Integrated Resource Plan is the next step in a decade-long transition to more renewable energy. Kristina Lund says the plan is a "leap forward" because of its projected 68% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030.... Read More
Several major investments could come to Sullivan County. Sullivan County Commissioners on Tuesday approved economic development agreements with five solar companies and one power plant that combine for over $3 billion worth of investment.... Read More
Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore says Tuesday's announcement from Michigan-based Soulbrain MI further solidifies the city's emergence in the electric vehicle battery market. "[It] poises us to be on the forefront of this new technology," Moore told IIB.... Read More
Michigan-based Soulbrain MI on Tuesday announced plans to invest $75 million to build a manufacturing facility in Kokomo. The company says the facility will be used to produce high purity electrolyte for the production of electric vehicle batteries.... Read More
Workers at an Ultium Cells electric vehicle battery factory in Ohio have voted to join the United Auto Workers union. The vote comes as the company is considering New Carlisle, Ind. as a potential site for another plant location.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $600,000 grant to a West Lafayette-based ag-tech startup co-founded by a Purdue University professor. JUA Technologies International plans to use the funding to further develop its solar-powered crop dehydration technology.... Read More
Houston-based EDP Renewables North America has inked a power purchase agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs for the majority of the electricity that will be generated at the 200-MW Headwaters III Wind Farm in Randolph County, expected to be operational in 2025.... Read More
Fort Wayne-based Indiana Michigan Power is investing $50 million to upgrade substation equipment and rebuild nearly 30 miles of transmission line in Indiana and Ohio. The project will include replacing deteriorating wooden poles that date back to the 1960s.... Read More
General Motors will invest $45 million to expand production at its Bedford facility. The funding will support additional production of EV drive unit castings ahead of expected strong demand for Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV full-size pickup trucks.... Read More
California-based electric vehicle manufacturer Mullen Automotive has secured $150 million in funding it says will be used in part to close on its acquisition of Electric Last Mile Solutions in Michigan, including an EV manufacturing plant in Mishawaka.... Read More
Gov. Eric Holcomb attended the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Egypt this week, where he met with government officials, foreign dignitaries and business leaders to pitch Indiana as a state poised for green energy growth.... Read More
Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1 billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program.... Read More
