Solar Energy

St. Louis has put the work in to become a leader in stopping greenhouse gas emissions. Can it make good on its lofty ambitions?

An analyst finds a minor increase in renewable energy use in Missouri and a major increase in Illinois encouraging.

There isn’t a specific path for the state’s vision of zeroing out carbon emissions by 2050 and ensuring areas overburdened by past pollution fully benefit from the growing green economy.

Ameren Missouri plans to buy a solar power plant in Bowling Green, Missouri, that could produce energy by 2024. The announcement comes days after it shared plans to open a natural gas plant. Both facilities need approval from Missouri’s Public Service Commission.

The new law promises significant changes for communities in the state, but it will take a few years before residents start to see them where they live.

Renew STL Solar, a group buy program, launched this month to help St. Louis building owners install solar in order to lower energy costs and reduce emissions.

Applications are open for the pilot program, in which the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will train a small group of St. Louis residents to install solar panels. Other applicants will get general job skills training.

Clean energy advocates are crying foul after Ameren Illinois ended its solar credit program for new solar customers earlier this month, even after state...

The specially designed bricks are powerful enough to illuminate an LED light and could someday provide a new way to store renewable energy.

Applications to a USDA program to help farmers add solar panels is seeing increased applications. Falling prices of solar equipment is making the renewable energy a more viable option on the farm.