Indiana

Even without reliably supportive policies that help clean energy grow, Midwestern coal-producing states already have many more jobs from solar and wind power than from coal production. There is also a promising economic opportunity to repurpose assembly lines in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio to manufacture renewable energy equipment.

Dispute over net metering puts church, utility company at odds.

The Green New Deal that some Democrats are now championing is unlike anything this country has ever done before. But scientists have been studying policies like these for decades. And their research can tell us a bit about what might happen if we pass this sweeping new vision for climate action and economic equality.

Though still an industrial metropolis, Chicago is actively becoming a clean energy innovation hub for microgrids, electric cars and next generation battery research. But the startup momentum in the energy sector isn’t matched with enough venture capital enthusiasm.

The Green New Deal means different things to different people. In some ways, that’s part of its appeal. On the other hand, a Green New Deal can’t mean anything anyone wants it to, or it will come to mean nothing at all.

Energy Efficiency:

Source: ACEEE

Buildings:
Score 2.50 / 8

Utilities:
Score 3.50 / 20

Transportation:
Score 2.50 / 10

Source: DSIRE

Energy Efficiency Programs:
71 Incentives and Policies

Solar Power:

Source: DSIRE

Renewable Energy Programs:
42 Incentives and Policies

Solar Energy Programs:
12 Incentives and Policies

Source: YPCCC

82%

of people in Indiana support funding research into renewable energy sources in 2019.

(-1 of the national average)
(est. 4,093,051 of 5,007,586 adults)

last updated 7/01/2020

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