Wind and Solar Energy for Indiana

Homegrown Energy

Local Benefits

Economic Benefits

Renewable energy projects generate large tax gains for communities, supporting services and reducing the burden on local taxpayers.

Taxes on Benton County wind farms provided $3million to schools and $35 million for new roads

Jobs

Hundreds of jobs are created by new renewable projects and the revenue supports continued economic growth.

3,200 Hoosiers work in jobs in non-petroleum fuels, like corn ethanol and biomass.

Affordable

Renewables will grow due to decreasing prices and consumer demand. Solar and wind costs have declined 89% and 70% since 2010, respectively.

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Tax Revenue from Solar Farms and Rural Quality of Life

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Tax Revenue from Solar Farms and Rural Quality of Life

Jasper County Economic Development Director Stephen Eastridge details how new revenue from solar farms helps maintain and improve the rural quality of life.

Rural Community Renewable Benefits

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Rural Community Renewable Benefits

Rural economic development experts and community leaders from across Indiana support new solar projects because they create local jobs, make investments into our rural communities and help protect our agricultural heritage and preserve farmland.

Renewable Projects Supporting Schools

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Renewable Projects Supporting Schools

Renewable energy projects can help support our schools. Here's Tom McKinney sharing what he's seen: "That's our only way to have a tax base for our schools. It is a huge win win. There are some folks that will say you can't use that for schools. That's not true at all. You can't use it for teacher salaries, but you can use it for technology, for bus repairs, HVAC repairs, which frees up the cash for the teachers out of the general budget. And so it's just very difficult people not seeing what it can do for our schools."