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Alternative energy
Solar panel maker must prove low production cost
July 7, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe 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.
MoreCentral Indiana aims to become electric vehicle powerhouse
July 3, 2010
Chris O'MalleyCentral 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.
MoreSmart plug-in is audibly different from conventional model
July 3, 2010
Chris O'MalleyThe 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.
MoreIPL mulling hydroelectric power on Ohio River
June 19, 2010
Chris O'MalleyExpecting 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.
MoreIPL settles $190M dispute, resumes wind farm project
May 17, 2010
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis 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.
MoreIvy Tech gets $4.7M energy grant to retrain 1,500 workers
April 12, 2010
J.K. WallFederal money will help create programs at community college and Purdue University to offer skills in smart-grid technologies.
MorePANEL: Progress is being made on environmental issues in state
March 6, 2010
Experts
say Indianapolis is moving forward on recycling, that environmental research is discovering promising technologies, and that
manufacturers are finding new things to make. Local cognoscenti from the green community testify to these developments in
five included videos.
Alternative energy firm eyeing New Castle plant
February 25, 2010
Scott OlsonPlans by Washington, D.C.-based D'Arcinoff Group to manufacture wind turbines in an idled plant in New Castle could create
1,800 jobs in the next two years.
MorePickens' natural-gas plan may prove boon to truck builders
January 22, 2010
Bloomberg NewsConverting the U.S. trucking industry to natural gas will benefit manufacturers including Columbus-based Cummins Inc., T.
Boone Pickens says.
MoreBill could pave way for Indiana nuclear power plants
January 9, 2010
Chris O'MalleyThe word “nuclear” isn’t even mentioned, but Senate Bill 69 is a virtual launch code for reviving attempts
at commercial nuclear power in Indiana.
MoreRenewable power focus of utility reform in 2010 Legislature
January 2, 2010
Chris O'MalleyThe Hoosier Environmental Council and Citizens Action Coalition see an expansion of the state’s
“net metering” policy as achievable during the short legislative session that starts Jan.
5.
MoreAdvisory panel urges EPA to back plan to pay for green projects via property tax
November 28, 2009
Chris O'MalleyBy issuing “voluntary environmental improvement bonds,”, local and state governments could
create special taxing districts that finance homeowner purchases of everything from solar panels to rain
gardens.
MoreWind turbine maker adding 260 jobs in New Albany
November 23, 2009
IBJ StaffCalifornia-based WindStream Technologies Inc. plans to locate a development and production facility at Purdue Research Park
of Southeast Indiana, creating more than 260 jobs by 2012.
MoreHorizon Wind Energy opens its first Indiana wind farm
November 21, 2009
IBJ StaffAt full tilt, the units of Meadow Lake I Wind Farm in Brookston can generate about 200 megawatts, enough
to power 60,000 average size homes in a year.
MoreSestertii Solar leasing panels to make solar power more affordable
November 7, 2009
Chris O'MalleyThe electricity they generate may be free, but most home- and business-owners can’t justify the upfront cost of solar
panels. A price tag of $25,000 to $50,000 for a modest system puts the cost close to luxury car territory.
MoreRemy unveils 'off the shelf' electric motor
October 6, 2009
Chris O'MalleyPendleton-based Remy International today formally unveiled its 'off the shelf' electric motors for hybrid vehicles.
MoreRenewable-energy firm eyeing Tipton County plant
September 28, 2009
A renewable-energy firm is considering manufacturing solar panels in an empty Tipton County plant where transmissions were
to be built for Chrysler automobiles, according to the Kokomo Tribune.
MoreEDITORIAL: Go with care on energy projects
September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffOne of the great conundrums of our time is how to maintain the most comfortable and convenient lifestyle in the history
of the human race without destroying the environment.
MoreEnerDel poised to get jolt of stimulus juice
June 22, 2009
Greg AndrewsWithin weeks, EnerDel expects to receive notification that it's getting as much as $480 million in financing under a U.S.
Department of Energy program aimed at fostering advanced vehicle manufacturing.
MoreLocal companies position to bolster solar biz in Indiana
June 15, 2009
IBJ StaffA Michigan company that supplies solar energy systems to Fortune 500 companies and educational and government buildings has
tapped two local entrepreneurs to establish a beachhead in Indianapolis.
MoreAlternative-energy company eyes Indiana for 4 wind farms
August 11, 2008
Cory SchoutenAlternative-energy giant Horizon Wind Energy is opening an Indianapolis office focused on developing up to four new wind farms in Indiana at a cost of more than $2 billion. The Houston-based company is renovating space on the top floor of the 12-story J.F. Wild Building at 129 E. Market St., where it plans to manage development of new wind farms in Indiana and Ohio.
Clean Wave hopes to invest $100M in alternative energy, sustainable technologies
May 12, 2008
Chris O'MalleyA former Silicon Valley sales executive and a Cincinnati investment manager have formed a venture fund here that's trying
to raise $100 million to invest in the new darlings of the investment world: clean technology firms. Clean Wave Ventures founders
Scott Prince and Rick Kieser are banking on soaring energy costs attracting investors to the risky but potentially lucrative
realm of alternative energy and transportation and related fields.
MoreAgainst odds, AlGalCo pursues 'Holy Grail' of power cells
February 25, 2008
Sam StallA small West Lafayette technology startup has quietly unveiled a product that might, just might, change the world. At the
TechAdvantage Conference and Expo in Anaheim, Calif., on Feb. 20, Kurt Koehler, CEO, co-founder (and, for the moment, sole
employee) of AlGalCo LLC, showed off a pre-production hydrogen-powered emergency generator.
MoreCalendar publisher wants to power his factory with wind
February 12, 2007
Chris O'MalleyThe Time Factory founder and CEO Jim Purcell wants to erect a 150-foot-tall wind turbine above his calendar factory near 62nd
Street and Georgetown Road. Purcell figures the $200,000 contraption could power 60 percent--if he's lucky, maybe 80 percent--of
his 22,000-square-foot facility.
MoreGenerator-maker finding new ways to get energy
January 29, 2007
Chris O'MalleyI Power Energy Systems, which makes natural-gas-powered electric generators that are the primary power source of corporate
and college campuses, is a novelty in Indiana. After all, coal is still a cheaper source of electricity than is natural gas.
But I Power is developing applications for electric generators that burn biogas from sources ranging from garbage to ground-up
corn.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.