Missouri Wind Energy Public Forums

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In brief:

During the Summer of 2008, a series of  three events will be held to enable interested persons to learn about Missouri’s wind energy resources, meet others with similar interests, and consider what needs to happen to assure the state’s wind energy potential best serves the needs of Missourians.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Energy Center plans to use video conferencing to share presentations and panel discussion among three panels of wind energy as a means to expand understanding of the state’s wind energy potential, and explore the challenges involved in developing this native renewable energy resource. 

The wind energy forums will address utility scale wind development issues, including:

Due to the relatively marginal financial outlook for customer scale wind systems at this time, the wind forums focus on utility-scale wind potentials and issues, rather than small wind systems.

Meeting #1

Meeting #2

Meeting #3

You are encouraged to consider the three meetings as three episodes in a single program. Due to the wide range of issues involved in wind energy, the Steering Committee for the series chose to take a three step approach. 

The three public forums will be held via video conferencing to make it possible for interested persons to attend the public forums with a minimum of travel time, as a means to increase participation and reduce the cost of holding the events, while minimizing the use of ever more expensive transportation fuels. 

How to participate

There will be two ways to participate in the forums:

Option 1: Attend a video conference in one of nine cities

  • Columbia
  • Jefferson City
  • Kansas City
  • Kirksville
  • Maryville
  • Neosho
  • Springfield
  • St. Joseph
  • St. Louis

 

Due to limited seating capacity, registration for each event is required.

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Option 2:  Live Streaming Video to a Personal Computer


Access to the streaming video will be limited to 175 users, due to server capacity constraints. Registration before the event is required.

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Due to the quantity of data involved in viewing a live video conference via streaming video, a high speed internet connection is needed.

LINK TO VIDEO STREAM and Video Streaming "How To"

Revisiting wind energy forums as Webcasts
Persons unable to attend the video conference events or observe via live streaming video will be able to view the wind forums later via Webcasts. Excerpts of the video conferencing portion of the workshop will be made available from the Energy Center website.

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Wind Energy - Steering Committee

To develop events with a broad appeal, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Energy Center assembled a steering committee to guide the preparations and assist in conducting the wind energy forums. 

The Steering Committee included members from the following organizations:

Financial support for the Wind Energy Public Forums was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Wind Powering America” program, by a grant to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Energy Center.