A solar electric system installation done for a Newburgh resident was selected as a finalist in SunPower’s “2012 Intelegant Award for Excellence” program. This is the first time that a SunPower install in Indiana has been considered a finalist for the award.

Solar Energy Solutions of Newburgh says their customer was convinced to put solar on his home when buying a Nissan Leaf electric car. In 2011, Nissan and SunPower announced a collaboration that would help Leaf owners learn how a residential solar power system from SunPower can reduce their carbon emissions and control the cost of charging their electric vehicles.

The fountain in front of Newburgh Town Hall is iced over, but still working!

Temperatures will stay chilly for a few more days before a gradual warm-up across the area next week.

A survey conducted over the past seven months of the 13 southwest Indiana counties in which emerald ash borer had not been previously detected showed no signs of the invasive insect that kills ash trees.

As part of the survey, traps were strategically located in five southwestern counties—Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick.

“The 82 purple traps placed on the designed grid did not capture any of the beetles,” said Phil Marshall, state entomologist.

Visual surveys were also conducted by DNR experts during spring and summer in the eight other southwestern Indiana counties (Crawford, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike and Sullivan). No new EAB infestations were detected.