
Missouri is making efforts to become more energy efficient, given that the state currently produces only about 3 percent of its power from wind, solar, hydro or biofuel sources.
OzarksFirst reported that many energy experts are hoping that green energy projects in Missouri will improve the environment and the economy.
"We want to reduce the dependency on having to import energy sources, let's say fossil fuels, into Missouri," Zeke Fairbank, energy expert, said to OzarksFirst. "For every dollar we buy coal from Wyoming that's a dollar that is not being spent in Missouri."
Fairbank added that even though Missouri is at the bottom of the totem pole among energy efficient states, he believes Missouri will make considerable strides in the future to produce more renewable energy.
Fairbank and other environmental experts are preparing new legislation called "Power to the People." The new legislation is proposed to establish a 25 percent renewable energy standard by 2025, which would result in a quarter of the electricity in the state being generated from renewable sources.
Columbia, Missouri, is also considering a proposal to purchase wind energy from a renewable energy provider in Iowa, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported.

