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Renewable Energy
Ethanol's future clouded by potential loss of tax breaks
November 20, 2010
Chris O'MalleyThe fortunes of Indiana’s 12 ethanol plants, and the farmers and truckers who supply the corn to make the motor fuel
additive, hinge on two decisions facing Congress and federal regulators in the weeks ahead.
MoreLocal developer planning Indiana wind farm
September 8, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressCarmel-based Performance Services Inc. plans a 25-turbine wind farm in a rural area north of Lafayette, across about 2,500
acres in northern Tippecanoe County.
MoreHoosier pitches solar-power solution
September 4, 2010
IBJ StaffAn Arcadia man has developed a novel way to generate alternating current from the sun.
MoreCompany expanding solar unit, plans to add 120 jobs
August 19, 2010
Fort Recovery Construction & Equipment in Portland plans to invest $1.9 million to accommodate research, development
and production of solar thermal collector panels.
MoreBattery-maker EnerDel eyes utility power-storage market
August 14, 2010
Chris O'MalleyLocally based EnerDel Inc. has been riding high on prospects its lithium-ion batteries will be in hot demand to power plug-in
electric vehicles, but another market might be larger. A Piper Jaffray report estimates the global market for batteries used
to store electricity on utility power grids could be $600 billion over 10 years.
MoreWind energy transmission raises equity questions
July 10, 2010
Associated PressTransmission lines costing about $16 billion are needed to move wind energy into the electric grid. But the cost has sparked
a debate over who should pay for getting the power from where it is made to where it is consumed.
MoreSolar 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.
MoreSolar firm investing $500M in unused Getrag plant; 850 jobs planned
July 3, 2010
IBJ StaffA Colorado-based Abound Solar will get federal help taking over the empty Getrag plant on U.S. 31 near Kokomo,
creating as many as
850 jobs in the next three years and establishing what it says will be the largest such facility in the United States.
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.
MoreTipton County OKs $13M bond to help sell Getrag plant
May 19, 2010
IBJ StaffThe Tipton County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved $13 million in incentives intended to help land a solar power firm
interested in buying the empty Getrag plant on U.S. 31 near Kokomo.
MoreTipton County Council to vote on Getrag site incentive
May 18, 2010
The $13 million bond would be used to lower the price of the abandoned plant to help lure a company that is considering
manufacturing solar panels at the site.
MoreIndiana has millions to pass out for renewable energy projects
May 8, 2010
IBJ StaffThe federal money is for renewable energy systems, energy-efficiency improvements, energy audits and renewable-energy feasibility
studies.
MoreFranklin College students turn fry grease into fuel
April 17, 2010
IBJ StaffFranklin College freshmen Jimmy Qualters and Drew Royalty took the idea to the college’s “Green Team” and
sought out the used fryer oil in the college cafeteria.
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.
MoreNet metering bill short-circuited in legislature
March 20, 2010
IBJ StaffBill would have allowed businesses, universities and other organizations generating their own power to receive a retail credit
on their utility bills.
MoreTimber industry seeks respect, profit from 'green' standards
March 6, 2010
Chris O'MalleyWhy should bamboo imported from Asia or steel made through intensive use of energy be consider greener than locally grown
trees? timber interests ask.
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.
Renewable 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.
MoreIndianapolis Sustainability Awards will honor green projects
November 28, 2009
IBJ StaffDeadline for nominations is Dec. 15 for projects in the categories of air, energy, land, water and “reduce,
reuse, recycle.”
MoreEPA: IPL electric plant upgrades were deficient
November 28, 2009
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis Power & Light faces potential fines and capital expenditures after allegedly updating three generating
plants over 23 years without adding the most modern pollution controls.
MoreDenison light-replacement project shows expanding base of green vendors in region
November 21, 2009
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis parking garage operator Denison shuns sexy LED lighting for Fishers supplier’s induction lights.
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.
MoreTour highlights alternative energy in central Indiana
September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffAn event stretching from Noblesville to Bargersville might be the best opportunity ever to check out wind- and solar-energy
projects in one afternoon.
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Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.