About Midwest Energy News:

Midwest Energy News, launched in 2010, is a nonprofit news site dedicated to keeping stakeholders, policymakers, and citizens informed of the important changes taking place as the Midwest shifts from fossil fuels to a clean energy system.

Posts by Midwest Energy News:

Illinois Wind Energy Offers Lessons For Other States

Mendota Hills Wind Farm in Illinois (image via contemplative imaging/Flickr)

In an interview with American Wind Energy Association interim CEO Rob Gramlich he talks about how the Illinois wind industry can offer learning for other states.

Clean Energy Company Building Process A Long, Long Road

Electrochromic Film: ITN Energy Systems

What does it take for an early-stage company with a potentially game-changing technology to snag the investments they need to make it in today’s clean-energy marketplace?

Renewable Energy Standards Challenged In Midwest Region

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The Buckeye State is among a few Midwestern battlegrounds where lawmakers associated with a conservative policy group are working to freeze, repeal, or otherwise weaken renewable energy policies.

Offshore Wind In New England Offers Learning For Great Lakes

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Offshore wind power lessons being learned near New England offer insights into the potential for such clean energy in the Great Lakes region.

Blowing Solar: Wind Companies Turn To Solar For $$ Boost

At Sliwa Meadow Farm, in addition to solar panels and wind, the homestead uses geothermal cooling/heating. (image credit: 917press/Flickr

Wind companies are getting into the solar game as an ongoing lull in wind projects and falling solar panel prices has them looking to add solar projects to their portfolios.

Iowa May Be Carrying Regional Clean Energy Costs

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Iowa utility customers may be inadvertently helping to pay for renewable energy for other states claims a local utility.

Indiana Wind Power Aims To Ramp Up Without State Aid

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Indiana wind energy advocates are hoping to ramp their state’s wind power output without state mandates that have spurred development elsewhere.

Clean Energy: Can A Deadlock On It Be Broken In Congress?

Mitt Romney, Solyndra, Konarka

Midwest Energy News reports on whether there might be hope in Congress this year to see some meaningful action on bipartisan support for renewable energy.

Midwest Could Bring Renewable Energy To Southeast

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Midwest Energy News reports on how plans for the Midwest electricity grid operator to take over portions of the Southeast could bring clean energy there.

Wind Power: Has It Reached A Tipping Point?

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Midwest Energy News takes a look at whether or not wind energy in the United States has reached a tipping point for being more affordable.