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“That project was relying in part on a financial structure that would have taken advantage of the federal Investment Tax Credit, which provided a 30-percent reduction in cost,” Assistant City Attorney Don Shuler told the city's board of public works and safety last week.

They sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday, which received a grant application from the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2) to create the hub.

Solar advocates said the Indiana legislature is helping utilities eliminate their competition by making independent solar less affordable. That was the message at this year’s Renewable Energy Day at the Statehouse.

The case involves what math utilities can use to pay solar customers for the excess energy they deliver to the grid.

The Indiana Supreme Court will decide what math electric utilities can use to pay solar customers for the excess energy they deliver to the grid. It's something that wasn’t spelled out when lawmakers phased down net metering. Depending on how the court rules, it could take solar customers even longer to pay off their panels.

After blocking it last year, the Elkhart County Commissioners approved a zoning change and economic development agreement for a proposed $120 million solar farm Monday.

The federal Inflation Reduction Act could help Indiana utilities and other businesses to adopt renewable energy like solar — but whether it will encourage Indiana residents to do the same is unclear.

An 1,100-acre solar project in western St. Joseph County — known as “Project Honeysuckle” — is once again moving forward.

The agreement gives developer Lightsource BP a property tax break while also potentially generating millions of dollars in new tax revenue.

Consumers Energy says it will need from 60,000 to 70,000 acres of land to achieve its planned rollout of 8,000 megawatts of electricity from solar by 2040.