Indiana
Green Power Express: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Citizens Energy Task Force PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Green Power Express is a $12 billion, 3,000-mile high-voltage transmission line across seven Midwestern states proposed by International Transmission Company (ITC). The project’s purpose is … Continue reading
BioEnergy San Pierre Waste-to-Ethanol Plant, IN
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Ethanol OPPOSITION: Kankakee Valley Stop the Ethanol Plant (KV -STEP) PROSPECTS: Highly Unlikely BACKGROUND: BioEnergy proposed a $62 million waste-to-ethanol refinery in San Pierre, Indiana, with the potential to produce 27 million gallons of ethanol per year. … Continue reading
NuFuels LLC Huntington Ethanol Plant, Indiana
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Ethanol OPPOSITION: Local residents (Huntington C.A.R.E.) PROSPECTS: Likely, but on a smaller scale BACKGROUND: NuFuels LLC proposed a $200 million complex that would have been home to a biodiesel facility, ethanol plant, and research … Continue reading
VeraSun Milford Ethanol Plant
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Ethanol OPPOSITION: Local residents (Northern Lakes Area Concerned Citizens Association) PROSPECTS: Dead BACKGROUND: VeraSun Energy attempted to build an ethanol refinery in Milford, Indiana beginning in the summer of 2006. Shortly after the plant had been announced … Continue reading
Duke Energy, Edwardsport IGCC Plant, IN
STATUS: In progress with opposition; Litigation TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: The Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Save the Valley, Sierra Club, Valley Watch PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: In September 2006, Duke Energy Indiana and Vectren filed a petition with the Indiana Utility … Continue reading
Indiana Gasification LLC, Coal Gasification Plant, IN
STATUS: In progress TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Sierra Club PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In 2006, Indiana Gasification LLC announced plans to build a coal gasification plant in Spence County to make pipeline quality natural gas from eastern … Continue reading