Division of Energy

Renewable Energy

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources Division of Energy works to advance the use and adoption of clean renewable energy technologies across the state to protect, preserve and enhance Missouri's natural, cultural and energy resources.

Common Renewable Energy Topics

The hyperlinks below represent the Division of Energy's most frequent information requests and accessed pages on renewable energy.

• Missouri Renewable Resources Directory--PUB1292 (04/13)
• Net Metering and Interconnection
  • Net Metering and the Easy Connection Act, Fact Sheet--PUB2238 (05/10)
  • http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/4csr/4c240-20.pdf (Rule on pages 10-11)
• Missouri CAIR Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Set-Aside Program
• The Green Power Network (U.S. DOE)
• Can I Buy Green Power In My State? (U.S. DOE - Missouri listing)
• Green Power Partnership (EPA)
• Developing Biofuel Production in Missouri, Brochure
• Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
• Pellet Fuels Institute
• Green Government: Renewable Energy and Green Buildings (Nat'l Assn. of Counties)

Biomass  

Biomass includes a multitude of resources; from agricultural and forestry residues to organic componentsof municipal and industrial wastes. Missouri is host to a considerablevarietyof biomass resources and uses.     

For basic information on biomass energy technologies and resources please see the U.S. Department of Energy's Biomass Technologies Basics website.

• Biomass Resources
• Landfill Gas
• Biofuels

Solar Energy

Solar energy can be broken down into two categories; solar electric and solar thermal. Solar electric consists of phtovoltaics (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) that produces electricity. Solar thermal technologies capture the sun's thermal energy for water or space heating. For passive solar building design please see Publication 1293

For basic information on solar energy energy technologies and resources please see the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Basics website.

• Missouri Solar Energy Resources
• A Homebuilders Guide to Going Solar (U.S. DOE brochure)
• Missouri Million Solar Roofs
• Missouri Schools Going Solar

Wind Energy

Wind Energy is typically harnessed through the use of wind turbines and wind mills to produce electricity, charge batteries, pump water, or historically to mill grains. The most common use in Missouri is to produce electricity.

For basic information on Wind Energy technologies and resources please see the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Energy Basics website.

• Missouri Wind Energy - Maps and Resources
• Wind Energy Internet Resources
• Small Wind Energy Systems, Fact Sheet--PUB2313 (06/12)
• Missouri Wind Energy Public Forums (2008 forums)
• Missouri Wind Energy Workgroup (2004-2005)
• Missouri Resources article: Not Your Grandpa's Windmill (Winter 2008)