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MBEF is following strategic national energy news that impacts both the economy and our environment.

• KOMU: Road Closure Begins for Two-Year Green Energy Projec
  

  October 4, 2010 by Reported by ; Allison Blood Posted by ; Tyler Lindsey

  COLUMBIA - The University of Missouri closed Stewart road Monday morning for a project to upgrade the clean energy potential of the MU power plant.   The project means Stewart will be closed for two years.  The power plant is getting a biomass boiler to replace a coal fire boiler. Also, the school is installing some silos to store fuel for the new burner. [read more]

• POLITICAL NEWS: BOND: MISSOURI LEADING THE WAY IN DEVELOPING CLEAN-ENERGY SOURCES
  

  October 4, 2010

  Oct 04,2010 - St. Louis, MO – U.S. Senator Kit Bond stressed that in response to an increasing global energy demand, nations must develop energy policies that lessen our dependence on fossil fuels and move to alternative sources. Delivering the keynote address at Washington University’s Symposium on Global Energy Future, Bond praised Missouri for already leading the way in developing a number of clean-energy and alternative-energy sources. [read more]

• STL Today: Tom Carnahan defends wind farm award
  

  September 29, 2010 by BILL LAMBRECHT

  *WASHINGTON* • The White House counts Missouri's Lost Creek wind farm, operated by a member of the Carnahan family, among government-backed projects that are "changing America." [read more]

• Southeast Missourian: Clean coal advocacy group stops in Cape Girardeau
  

  September 24, 2010 by Melissa Miller

  A group spreading the word on new technologies to reduce emissions from burning coal to generate electricity was in Cape Girardeau Thursday as part of a monthlong Midwest tour. [read more]

• Neosho Daily News: Speaker no stranger to solar power
  

  September 24, 2010 by Amye Buckley

  Saturday’s e-conference keynote speaker will be Walter Wood, president of the Missouri Energy Develop-ment Asso-ciation. [read more]

• Green Oil Plantations: ME Bio Energy restarts plant in Missouri
  

  September 19, 2010

  ME Bio Energy LLC has reopened its 5 MMgy multi-feedstock biodiesel plant in Lilbourn, Mo. The facility, which was formerly owned and operated by Great River Soy Processing LLC, had been idle for nearly three years. [read more]

• St. Louis Beacon: Missouri energy policy needs to balance economic, environmental interests, says Nixon
  

  September 17, 2010 by Puneet Kollipara

  Gov. Jay Nixon emphasized the need to balance economic and environmental interests on Friday, as he laid out a plan for the state's energy future. [read more]

• Huffington Post: Dealing With the Issues of Nuclear Energy
  

  September 17, 2010 by Steven Chu

  Next week I have the honor of leading the U.S. delegation to an annual conference that is critical to our national and energy security. [read more]

• St. Louis Business Journal: Nixon in St. Louis today to talk energy
  

  September 17, 2010 by Kelsey Volkmann

  Gov. Jay Nixon unveiled his energy goals Friday afternoon before a group of CEOs and other leaders of major energy producers and industrial and commercial energy consumers during a visit to Washington University in St. Louis[http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/related_content.html?topic=Washington%20University%20in%20St%20Louis]. [read more]

• Lake Currents: Thousands of Clean Energy Jobs Lost in the State Due To Senate Inaction
  

  September 14, 2010

  With U.S. Falling Behind by Over $200 Million a Day in Clean Energy Investments, China is Clear Winner Due to Senate’s Failure; More Than Half a Million Jobs Forfeited in 10 States With 10 Percent Unemployment or Higher; Analysis Highlights Impact of Senate’s Failure on 20 States: AR, CA, FL, IL, IN, MA, ME, MN, MO, MS, MT, NH, NJ, NV, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, and VA. [read more]

• Southeast Missourian: Financing for energy-efficient upgrades may be easier to get
  

  September 13, 2010 by Melissa Miller

  Home and business owners who want to make their properties more energy-efficient but can't afford the up-front costs may soon have a new resource. The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission is looking into forming a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) board, which could issue bonds to finance approved energy-efficiency and renewable energy projects, said Chauncy Buchheit, executive director. [read more]

• New York Times: As Senate Returns, Democrats Seek Action on Energy Measures
  

  September 13, 2010 by KATIE HOWELL, ROBIN BRAVENDER AND KATHERINE LING

  While the Senate seems unlikely to approve an energy bill during the few weeks it reconvenes before the November elections, it may consider measures on U.S. EPA climate rules, power plant pollution curbs and energy tax incentives. [read more]

• Columbia Daily Tribune: Wind farms’ radar effect can be fixed
  

  September 12, 2010

  This appeared Monday in the Los Angeles Times. [read more]

• Domestic Fuel.com: Biodiesel Board Honors Bond with Lifetime Achievement
  

  September 9, 2010 by John Davis

  He’s been a big advocate for biodiesel for quite some time, so it’s only fitting that the National Biodiesel Board[http://biodiesel.org/news/pressreleases/20100909_Bond%20Lifetime%20Award.pdf] has honored retiring U.S. Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) today with its Lifetime Achievement Award. [read more]

• Politics Daily: Breaking the Chains: 6 Solutions for Ending Dependence on Foreign Oil
  

  September 7, 2010 by Lewis Reynolds

  America doesn't have to depend on overseas sources for one of its most vital national needs. A move toward energy independence, aside from creating as many as 14 million new jobs, can help rebuild our nation's industrial base and provide one of the most stable and secure energy supplies in the world. Best of all, this new domestically produced energy can be both renewable and sustainable. Here are a half-dozen ideas on how to start: [read more]

• Environment Infozine: Solar-powered Air Monitor a First for Missouri
  

  September 4, 2010

  Jefferson City, Mo - infoZine - There are no power lines overhead supplying electricity for the air monitor and the nearby propane generator is now primarily for emergency back-up use. [read more]

• Columbia Business Times: Biomass could fuel data center
  

  September 3, 2010 by Victoria Guida

  A coalition trying to bring a data center to northern Columbia is promoting the concept of burning biomass to generate some of its electricity, thereby providing a renewable energy source and reducing the impact on the environment. [read more]

• Columbia Business Times: Solar power business heating up
  

  September 3, 2010 by Dianna Borsi O'Brien

  Vaughn Prost’s newest company, Missouri Solar Applications LLC, got its start through a conversation with an old college friend who headed Dow Chemical’s research on solar electric shingles.        [read more]

• Trading Markets.com: Maureen Borkowski sees electricity transmission development as critical
  

  September 3, 2010

  Ameren Corp. is forming a new transmission subsidiary to build high-voltage power lines across Missouri and Illinois. [read more]

• National Wind Watch: Wind farm fate up in the air
  

  September 3, 2010 by Taylor Muller

  Kirksville, Mo. — A hold-up in adopting rules for a renewable energy proposition has had ripple effects throughout Missouri’s energy industry, including regionally with a multi-million dollar wind farm’s construction waiting on a legislative decision. [read more]

• Washington Examiner.com: Possible new use proposed for old Chrysler plant in St. Louis County in Missouri
  

  September 2, 2010 by AP

  FENTON, MO. — St. Louis County is in discussions with a consortium of business developers interested in the former Chrysler Assembly Plant in Fenton. [read more]

• Kansas City.com: Utility programs succeed in cooling off summertime demand for electricity
  

  August 31, 2010 by Steve Everly

  Heat waves like the one this summer used to mean one thing: a record for how much electricity utilities had to provide on the hottest days. But this year, Kansas City Power & Light Co. fell well short of its record for “peak demand” for electricity. Despite the searing heat, that meant no threats of blackouts or brownouts and no failures for overtaxed equipment. [read more]

• Des Moines Register: U.S. nuclear plants still dependable
  

  August 24, 2010

  The headlines this week deal with the North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia and the earthquake that struck nearby. Earlier in the summer, it was the Fort Calhoun and Cooper nuclear plants in Nebraska and the encroaching Missouri River floodwaters. Before that it was Japan’s earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear complex. [read more]

• Columbia Missourian: Sen. Kit Bond calls for tax incentives, increased clean-energy output by businesses
  

  August 23, 2010 by A.P.

  COLUMBIA — Missouri Sen. Kit Bond is urging state lawmakers to make it easier for new businesses to turn sawdust, wood pellets and other unused forest products into a source of cleaner energy. [read more]

• MissouriNet: Shift to renewable energy could be boon for MO biomass industry
  

  August 23, 2010 by Ryan Famuliner

  Columbia is in the hunt for a major data center, and if the city is to compete, it might rely on the growth of the use of renewable energy in the state. [read more]

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