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Feb 19
3 min

All Eggs in One Basket?

From Randy Haymaker, Hoosiers for Renewables Advisory Council member, and retired electric utility executive. The news out of Texas this w...

As Solar Costs Decline, Indiana Opportunities Soar

Connie Neininger

Jan 27
2 min

As Solar Costs Decline, Indiana Opportunities Soar

If you’ve followed along with Hoosiers for Renewables in the last year, you’ve undoubtedly read about the rise in solar developments and ...

How Renewable Project Opponents Are Getting it Wrong About Land Use

Steve Eberly

Jan 12
2 min

How Renewable Project Opponents Are Getting it Wrong About Land Use

Renewable energy projects use only a fraction of farmland, while providing millions of dollars in economic benefits to the whole county.

The Hoosiers We Met and What They Taught Us About Renewables

Steve Eberly

Dec 22, 2020
2 min

The Hoosiers We Met and What They Taught Us About Renewables

How does one measure progress? Despite the pandemic of 2020 we have made tremendous steps to advance renewable energy in Indiana. In 2020...

Connie Neininger

Dec 11, 2020
2 min

Anti-Renewable by Any Means Necessary

Recently, a court of law decided to uphold a vote by the Madison County Board of Zoning Appeals to approve the Lone Oak Solar Farm. Unfor...

Renewable and Grateful: Sharing the Bounty of Renewable Energy

Connie Neininger

Nov 25, 2020
2 min

Renewable and Grateful: Sharing the Bounty of Renewable Energy

As the trees shed their leaves to announce the end of the growing season in the Midwest, many will use this time of year to reflect on th...

Steve Eberly

Nov 23, 2020
2 min

A Renewable Promise Realized

A dozen years have zipped by. It’s a trite expression saying that the older you get, the faster time goes. Well, last week brought forwar...

Two Hundred Million Dollars and Counting

Steve Eberly

Oct 27, 2020
2 min

Two Hundred Million Dollars and Counting

For those that know me, I have never been good at sitting still. And for sure, the last several months have shown that Northern Indiana P...

From Peat to Solar Panels, Notre Dame Continues a Hoosier Tradition

Steve Eberly

Oct 15, 2020
2 min

From Peat to Solar Panels, Notre Dame Continues a Hoosier Tradition

The story of Indiana has always been a tale of taming the land. Of finding homegrown ways to sustain and grow our Hoosier communities. Ju...

Purdue Report Highlights the Positives of Wind Energy in Indiana

Connie Neininger

Oct 1, 2020
2 min

Purdue Report Highlights the Positives of Wind Energy in Indiana

Purdue Report Highlights the Positives of Wind Energy in Indiana.

Renewing Indiana’s clean energy momentum

Steve Eberly

Sep 23, 2020
2 min

Renewing Indiana’s clean energy momentum

Clean, renewable energy creates jobs, attracts new businesses, and strengthens Indiana’s economy—all while protecting air and water quali...

Steve Eberly

Sep 14, 2020
3 min

Renewable Energy – If We Build It

For Indiana to remain competitive Hoosiers need to embrace renewables as part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy.

Steve Eberly

Sep 11, 2020
2 min

Progress and Doing the Right Thing

Well, now we are getting somewhere. The public is developing an understanding that wind and solar offer affordable energy as well as addi...

Renewable Energy Takes Hold in State, But Lets Go Faster

Steve Eberly

Sep 3, 2020
3 min

Renewable Energy Takes Hold in State, But Lets Go Faster

Renewables can help strengthen our economy and make substantial financial contributions to counties and municipalities.

Indiana has Reason to Celebrate American Wind Week

Steve Eberly

Aug 7, 2020
2 min

Indiana has Reason to Celebrate American Wind Week

American Wind Week takes place every August. Now in its 15th year, American Wind Week, hosted for the fourth time by the American Wind En...

Greg Beumer

Jul 30, 2020
2 min

Half a Billion Reasons Why

We do not know what the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be on local tax revenues. What I do know is that my county (Randol...

Steve Eberly

Jul 22, 2020
2 min

Rural Renewables: Jobs Across Indiana

The recent study released by Dr. Michael Hicks from Ball State indicates that as the renewables industry grows, Hoosier jobs related to t...

Rural Communities Receive Economic Boost from Renewable Energy

Connie Neininger

Jul 16, 2020
2 min

Rural Communities Receive Economic Boost from Renewable Energy

If you need an example of a difficult year, 2020 would be a good place to start, with the economic downturn and the global pandemic makin...

Renewable Energy Costs Have Plummeted, and that’s Great News for Indiana

Steve Eberly

Jul 8, 2020
2 min

Renewable Energy Costs Have Plummeted, and that’s Great News for Indiana

The Hick’s study shows that using wind and solar power to generate electricity costs less than either coal or natural gas.

Wind By The Numbers: More Energy, More Jobs

Steve Eberly

Jun 9, 2020
2 min

Wind By The Numbers: More Energy, More Jobs

Back in the winter my daughter, Megan was at the local convenience store. You have to know that Meg is at least as gregarious as I am. So...

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