Renewable energy news
There’s not a day that goes by, when farmers aren’t thinking about how to leave the land better than we found it.
Solar farms and changing environmental policies may have an impact on values of farmland in the United States.
When it comes to renewable energy and Indiana farmland values, wind and wings are the major influencers.
Farm, aviation and biofuel groups voiced support for a science-based approach to measure greenhouse gas emission reductions in Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
A company that started nine years ago with two electricians and since expanded to over 60 employees was promoting its offerings at a Greater Peoria Farm Show booth.
Indiana Farm Bureau members determined their policy stances on important topics such as local government notices, renewable energy and research for 2024.
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch visited BioTown Biogas in Reynolds to learn about one of the world’s largest on-farm biodigesters for renewable energy production.
Rural Illinois stands to benefit from increased funding and changes in the Rural Energy for America Program.
The Lee County Board recently completed an overhaul of its wind and solar ordinances and the moratorium on projects has ended.
Illinois’ farmers and ranchers will soon be able to be represented in the nation’s only comprehensive and impartial agriculture data for every state, county and territory.
Questions relating to several high-priority legislative issues were posed to U.S. senatorial candidates at a recent candidate forum. The Illinois Agricultural Legislative Roundtable forum featured incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Republican challenger Kathy Salvi.
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. has started work on two new solar farms in northwest Indiana that will generate a combined 465 megawatts of power when they come online next year.
A solar energy project proposed in central Illinois would use some 100,000 solar panels and have the capacity to power the equivalent of 10,000 homes, officials say.
Alliant Energy has announced plans to buy and expand an existing solar farm project at Palo to make it Iowa’s largest solar and battery storage facility.
An Israeli company has started work to build a solar energy farm that’s planned to cover some 13,000 acres across two northern Indiana counties when completed.