Wind turbines dotting countrysides like salt rocks on an Indiana corn cob. Solar panels lining roofs like snickerdoodles on baking sheets. Biofuel processing plants that would make Willie Wonka shriek with delight. Amidst the green revolution, these are all sights that have either served as food for thought or have come to fruition in the state....

On the eve of U.S. Senate deliberations on clean energy and climate legislation, Indiana Businesses for a Clean Energy Economy released a new economic analysis that finds the strongest federal policy could create up to 45,000 jobs in the Hoosier state, while increasing incomes by $1,200 and growing the state economy by $2.5 billon. The new study,...

The leaders of a regional economic initiative in southwest Indiana are hoping to receive federal stimulus grants to help fund the effort. Project GREEN Co-Chairman Joshua Pack says now that a consultant has outlined strategies to harness the area's energy strengths, those behind the initiative can try to identify funding sources, which could...

Ron Keeping traveled to Austin, Texas for a conference about energy. While there, Keeping heard a presentation about how the city went from a college town to a technological powerhouse, and an idea was born. View Video of this Story!  "We could replicate some of that and turn our local economy into something that benefits from...

Can Southwest Indiana become the Silicon Valley of energy? Consultants hired earlier this year to research economic opportunities in Southwestern Indiana for the energy industry found that many of the manufacturers in our area have the elements in place: a workforce that can be trained and the facilities that can be retooled to become a...

A workforce strategy announced this fall could change the way Southwest Indiana does business. A little more than 50 years ago, Evansville was rocked by a series of departing companies that created an economic dark age and the loss of thousands of jobs. Business and community leaders formed the Evansville Industrial Foundation to offset the...

Leaders in southwest Indiana are using a new study to determine the region's economic potential in the energy sector. The report commissioned by the Project GREEN initiative finds the nine county region has a competitive advantage in coal-related industries and also has the assets to become a manufacturer and supplier for the wind energy sector....