Energy

The State Fair Community College Renewable Energy Technology Club, “The Renewables,” will sponsor a Green Day in May 5K run/walk and a free renewable energy seminar May 3 on the Sedalia campus. The Renewable Energy Technology Club is a group that's working on all the ways that people here in our area can produce and use more affordable energy, and more efficient energy...

NIXA, Mo. (AP) — Nixa city officials are considering a proposal to build what would be the state's largest solar power farm near the southwest Missouri city.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri program that is now entering its 25th year has provided more than $100 million in loans for energy efficiency projects around the state.

Americans use a lot of energy. A LOT. In fact, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the United States burned up a whopping 98 quadrillion BTUs of energy in 2010, up from 95 quadrillion a year prior—a mind-boggling amount of energy consumption for a country that only makes up about 4.5 percent of the global population. Worldwide BTU usage is approximately 500 quadrillion, so tha