April 9, 2013
Associated PressNatural gas advocates want to create incentives for building fueling stations across the state in hopes that more people will
operate vehicles using alternative fuels.
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January 28, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis Power & Light Co. will install 26 vehicle-charging stations at three city locations to assist with Mayor
Greg Ballard's goal of converting the city fleet to gas alternatives by 2025.
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January 2, 2013
Dan HumanPlug-in electric vehicles, which are struggling to gain traction nationwide, have even less appeal in central Indiana than
they do in most areas of the country, a new study says.
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December 4, 2012
J.K. WallIn a sign of the rising popularity of natural gas engines, the Indianapolis-based distributor of alcoholic beverages will
make 85 of its 105 trucks run on natural gas by 2015.
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June 7, 2012
Chris O'MalleyLocal utility trust Citizens Energy Group plans to sell liquefied natural gas for use in cross-country semi trucks as a lower-cost
alternative to diesel fuel.
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April 7, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinA Russian timber tycoon who poured millions into a battery maker with Hoosier roots is the new owner of Ener1 Inc. Boris Zingarevich
supplied $50 million for Ener1’s March 30 exit from bankruptcy and is moving its headquarters from New York to Indianapolis—already
home to its core subsidiary, EnerDel.
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April 6, 2012
Bloomberg NewsWaning demand for gasoline is putting the United States on course to miss a target for ethanol use for the first time, signaling
no let-up in the slide in prices.
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December 17, 2011
IBJ StaffThe Department of Public Works bought Ford Fusion hybrids after the purchase of Toyota's a few years ago stirred controversy.
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October 29, 2011
Chris O'MalleyThe alternative fuel may soon generate more cash for local firms because it's much cheaper than gasoline.
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September 10, 2011
IBJ StaffThe Office of Energy Development is dispensing grants of up to $500,000 to help private- and public-sector organizations convert
their vehicles.
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January 8, 2011
IBJ StaffCurrent infrastructure for delivering the alternative fuel isn't adequate to use all that the federal government says must
be produced.
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August 28, 2010
IBJ StaffXylogenics claims its yeast strain, developed at the Indiana University School of Medicine, can increase yields and lower
costs of producing corn ethanol.
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August 26, 2010
Scott OlsonNational Biofuels Distribution LLC, a subsidiary of Carmel-based Telamon Corp., signs two distribution contracts to expand
its distribution reach. The company began marketing its ethanol-based racing fuel, Ignite, about a year ago.
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February 18, 2010
Chris O'Malley
City will be among first to conduct demonstration of several plug-in electric vehicles prior to their market
launch next year.
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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.
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November 6, 2009
Scott OlsonCarmel-based Telamon Corp. rose to become one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the area largely by serving telecommunications
giants. Now it is veering off its traditional course to supply racing teams with an ethanol-based fuel made from Indiana corn.
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September 10, 2009
IBJ StaffEnerDel, an Indianapolis-based producer of automotive lithium-ion batteries, has named a new president, the company announced
today.
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August 13, 2009
IBJ StaffCarbon Motors yesterday filed for a $310 million federal loan to help it begin producing high-tech police cars in Connersville.
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August 5, 2009
Scott OlsonEnerDel, an Indianapolis-based producer of automotive lithium-ion batteries, will receive $118.5 million in a matching grant
from the federal government.
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July 9, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressHoping to spur alternative vehicles, lawmakers want to double the size of tax breaks on cars that run on natural gas. That
could be good news for Indiana, where Honda Motor Corp. produces the natural-gas-powered Civic GX in Greensburg.
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April 6, 2009
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and other city officials will travel to Brazil in May to explore renewable-energy production,
in hopes of making the city a leader in the technology.
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March 16, 2009
Chris O'MalleyStellarwind is believed to be the first algae-oil company in Indiana and among dozens of others around the country at the
forefront of what's being called the third wave of biofuels production.
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March 16, 2009
Sam StallAt Purdue University, the quest for a new missile and spacecraft fuel has
brought together an oil-and-vinegar mix of rocket scientists and food scientists.
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January 5, 2009
Chris O'MalleyA firm hatched out of the Indiana University School of
Medicine has raised $150,000 toward bringing to market yeasts that could be a cure for one of the biggest bioengineering challenges
of the day.
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December 29, 2008
Chris O'MalleyA state fund supporting an 18-cent-a-gallon tax credit for gas stations selling E85 ethanol was exhausted in the first three
months of the state's new fiscal year.
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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.