Wind Energy

Missouri Republicans for years have criticized the use of eminent domain to build high-voltage transmission lines.

As the number of wind and solar farms increases, so does opposition in the rural areas where they’re being built. While more counties and townships passed restrictions in the last year, some states are responding by passing laws making it harder for local governments to say no to wind and solar.

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

The Missouri Department of Conservation has started a new project to see how bald eagles in northwestern Missouri interact with wind turbines. Conservationists and wind energy advocates are both hoping that the results will advance both bird conservation and renewable energy goals.

The wind energy industry is now facing a new challenge: what to do with old wind turbine blades when it’s time to replace them.

Invenergy has bought 45% of the land it needs to run the electric transmission line across northern Missouri.

Ameren Missouri has purchased a northwestern Missouri wind energy facility that’s expected to provide clean energy to about 90,000 customers.

Listener Bob Thompson was biking past the Bevo Mill earlier this year when he noticed something strange about the Dutch-style windmill: It appeared to be rotating in the wrong direction.

The Missouri Public Service Commission gave the green light Wednesday to allow a 780-mile wind-energy transmission line to be built across Missouri.The…

Mayor Lyda Krewson signed the Sierra Club’s “Mayors For 100 Percent Clean Energy” pledge on Tuesday, signaling her commitment to helping the city some day…