Starting in 2022, Indiana residents with solar panels will get the lower rate for energy they deliver to the grid. But Vectren wants to switch new customers to a lower payment rate earlier.

Indiana & Michigan Power has said the facility will attract new businesses looking for renewable energy options to the Granger area, which is just northeast of South Bend.

Randolph County, east of Muncie, has passed an ordinance requiring solar farms to have pollinator habitats. This follows the company EDP Renewables plans to build a 200 megawatt farm there.

In honor of National Pollinator Week, Indiana company Inovateus Solar will build a pollinator habitat around its planned 80-acre solar farm in Logansport.

A faith group aims to help put solar panels on 20 evangelical churches around the state and reduce energy use at some of their members' homes by 25 percent.

Chicago-based Invenergy has proposed the 200-megawatt solar panel farm to produce enough electricity for more than 40,000 homes.

Indiana environmentalists held a rally and met with lawmakers on Tuesday to demand better renewable energy policies in the state.

A new project aims to provide solar energy for low income households in Indianapolis, the pilot program fits into the citys new sustainability plan.

One farm being planned by the company near the northern Indiana city of Peru would cost $19 million and have about 40,000 solar modules.

The proposed solar farm in northern Madison County would generate 120 megawatts of electricity, but officials with developer Invenergy say that not obtaining the tax abatement could make the project financially impossible.