Mon, Jul 23, 2012
Gov. Jay Nixon headed a summit at the Univeristy of Missouri in Columbia to further discussions about creating small modular nuclear reactors in Missouri. Nixon has been working with Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse leaders, as well as legislators, business and education leaders since April to compete for grant money from the Department of Energy. Nixon said today others […]
Tue, Jul 17, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri was one of 22 states selected to receive a competitive State Energy Program grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The awards are part of the Energy Department’s effort to reduce energy costs in homes and buildings, create jobs, and boost domestic manufacturing of energy-saving technology. The Missouri Department of […]
Wed, Jul 11, 2012
The business model for electric utilities has always been simple. They made money selling power to run electric devices, from city streetcars in the 1920s to today’s iPads, smart phones and plasma televisions. The more energy they sold, the more money they made. But if state regulators approve an agreement between Ameren Missouri utility and various consumer […]
Sun, Jul 8, 2012
Editor, the Tribune: Pursuing development of small modular reactors for Missouri will fit well with the energy needs of the state (“Nuclear project a ‘game changer,’ ” June 17). Being able to add electrical capacity in smaller increments than the very large 1,000-plus-megawatts nuclear plants has many advantages. The cost per unit is smaller, and therefore […]
Sat, Jul 7, 2012
Sixteen months after the nuclear disaster in Japan, electricity generation from nuclear power worldwide has reached record levels, with a reactor construction boom likely to push those levels steadily higher. Fukushima has delayed nuclear development by three or four years, as countries re-evaluate safety around nuclear power, says Luis Echvarri, the director general of the […]
Fri, Jul 6, 2012
PRINCETON, NJ — Dennis Jacobe — Gallup’s Job Creation Index shows that Washington, D.C., as well as energy- and commodity-producing states continue to dominate the 10 best job markets during the first half of 2011, as they did over the same period in 2010. These results are based on aggregated data from nearly 100,000 interviews with […]
