NRDC: Renewable Energy in Missouri

NRDC: Renewable Energy in Missouri: "Missouri's conventional fuel resources are slim, and energy dollars are streaming out of the state. Missourians spend about $3,000 per person each year on energy, including natural gas for heating, fuel for cars and trucks, and electricity for homes and businesses.[1] Eighty-two percent of the state's electricity comes from coal, nearly all of it shipped from Wyoming.[2]

But the state's large tracts of windy land and fertile soil, located relatively close to dense, energy-consuming urban centers, put Missouri in a prime position to become a national leader in renewable energy. Studies show that a local renewable energy industry in Missouri would create tens of thousands of jobs and provide substantial new sources of income for farmers.

By developing wind power, making biomass energy from agricultural waste and growing dedicated energy crops to make advanced biofuels, Missouri can keep its energy dollars at home and even start exporting energy to other states.

Missouri has already established a Renewable Energy Standard that will require 15 percent of the state's energy to come from renewable sources by 2021.

The renewables map shows current and future facilities generating energy from wind, biomass, solar and biogas in Missouri."

'via Blog this'