Industry Insight

Wanted: Kansas and Missouri businesses to help build a $2 billion wind power transmission line.
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Researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology are conducting work that could shape the next generation of nuclear reactors.   Read More...

Missouri University of Science and Technology says four solar homes built by students soon will be part of an experimental microgrid to demonstrate the feasibility of such small-scale projects.   Read More...

3M plans to expand its specialty solar panel film production line at its Columbia, Mo., plant over the next year, adding 50 jobs.   Read More...

Dozens of strains of algae are growing at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, in a new algae farm that’s powered by 30 kilowatts of electricity.   Read More...

In Fenton, Mo., Rockwood Summit High School students and chemistry teacher Darrin Peters have taken hands-on learning to a whole new level with biodiesel production.    Read More...

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Construction of a single Westinghouse SMR estimated to create nearly $3 billion in economic impact and thousands of U.S. jobs in more than 15 states.

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Joe Edwards’ Moonrise Hotel along the Delmar Loop will soon have a new event space topped with a roof made of 107 solar panels.   Read More...

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Over the past year, the amount of solar power generated in Columbia has steadily increased, and private industry has been helping to drive the trend.   Read More...

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Wind is being added to the list of renewable energy sources at MU. Installation of a 100-foot-tall wind turbine is set to begin Wednesday at the old Beef Barn off Stadium Boulevard.   Read More...

Call it good timing, in a perverse kind of way. A team of University of Missouri researchers has won a $5.4 million grant to study alternative biofuels that do not impact the already strained food supply.   Read More...

Washington University in St. Louis and a consortium of universities, laboratories and industry partners are in the process of launching the Solar Energy Research Institute in India and the United States to coordinate efforts to create low-cost solar cells and systems.   Read More...

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The U.S. market for solar panels is likely to double in 2012, thanks to government policies and falling prices, although new tariffs on panels imported from China could contribute to slower growth in 2013, according to a new study.   Read More...

Officials from SunEdison, a solar energy services provider and subsidiary of St. Peters-based MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR), said Wednesday that SunEdison will design, install and manage distributed-generation solar power plants to provide energy to Indian villages that have never before had access to electricity. The program will be implemented in stages.   Read More...

Burns & McDonnell is helping pursue federal dollars to go toward building small nuclear reactors in Missouri, The Kansas City Star reports.   Read More...

Ameren Missouri Forms an Alliance with Westinghouse Electric to Apply for Department of Energy Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Investment Funds
Ameren Missouri, a utility company of Ameren Corporation, announced it has entered into an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company, a proven, global leader in nuclear energy and small modular reactor technology development, to exclusively support Westinghouse’s application for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Small Modular Reactors (SMR) investment funds of up to $452 million.   Read More...