QUICK FACTS
- Indiana ranked seventh among the States in coal production in 2010, and coal-fired electric power plants provided 83 percent of Indiana's net electricity generation in 2011.
- Indiana’s industrial sector, which includes manufacturers of aluminum, chemicals, glass, metal casting, and steel, consumed more energy in 2010 than the residential and commercial sectors combined.
- In 2011, the Whiting oil refinery had the largest processing capacity of any refinery outside of the Gulf Coast region.
- Indiana is a major producer of ethanol; in 2011, it had 13 ethanol plants capable of producing 906 million gallons per year.
- The largest geothermal heating and cooling system in the United States is being built in Muncie.
Last updated in July 2012. http://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=IN
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