Articles tagged as: wind farms
February 28, 2022
Indiana House passes bill on wind, solar siting guidelines
A bill that sets state guidelines for where wind and solar farms can be located passed the House on Monday.
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2022
House committee amends bill on wind, solar siting, stripping incentives
Lawmakers amended a bill to remove incentives for adopting state guidelines on where wind and solar farms can be located. Money from renewable energy projects would have boosted revenues for rural counties and townships.
Read MoreNovember 15, 2021
Indiana utility NIPSCO holds ribbon cutting for new wind farm
The northern Indiana utility NIPSCO held a ribbon cutting on Friday for its new wind farm in White County, which the company says will power some 80,000 Hoosier homes.
Read MoreApril 14, 2021
Split Senate Leads To Death Of Controversial Wind, Solar Bill
A controversial bill that aimed to standardize where wind and solar farms could be located in the state was withdrawn in the state Senate on Tuesday.
Read MoreApril 1, 2021
Amendment Strikes Compromise Between Wind Companies And Indiana Counties
A new amendment in House Bill 1381 allows counties that have restrictive wind farm ordinances to keep them, but also encourages them to allow wind farms in special districts.
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2020
Purdue Study Looks At County Attitudes Toward Wind Farms
According to the Indiana Conservative Alliance for Energy at least 29 Indiana counties have ordinances that significantly limit large wind projects.
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2019
Indiana Sees Surge In Wind Power Despite Lack Of Standards
Since 2008, developers have installed more than 1,000 wind turbines across Indiana, primarily on 16 large wind farms.
Read MoreAugust 27, 2019
New Energy Task Force Talks Transition From Coal, Wind Farm Bans
Several groups say Indiana needs to move away from coal and toward renewable energy, but how the state should do that is up for debate.
Read MoreFebruary 4, 2019
NIPSCO Planning 3 Wind Farms In Shift To Renewable Energy
The Merrillville-based utility announced Friday that the wind farms would be in Benton, Montgomery, Warren and White counties and have nearly 300 wind turbines.
Read MoreDecember 17, 2018
Company Eyes Far SW Indiana County For Wind Farm Project
E.ON Climate & Renewables North America wants to erect up to 81 wind turbines in Posey County in the state's far southwestern corner.
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