Missouri University of Science and Technology says four solar homes built by students soon will be part of an experimental microgrid to demonstrate the feasibility of such small-scale projects.
The project involves houses in the university’s Solar Village that will use the microgrid to store and manage renewable energy. Professor Mehdi Ferdowski says the microgrid will be less dependent on the utility power grid and can operate during blackouts by using stored solar energy.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Free Enterprise Center and BioSTL in St. Louis are in line to each receive a portion of a $30 million grant from JPMorgan Chase’s Small Business ... Read More
Total Quality Logistics to invest $1.2 million to open office in Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that Total Quality Logistics, one of the largest freight brokerage firms in the nation, ... Read More
The Full Employment Council announced Thursday that it is one of three agencies nationally getting “coding bootcamp” funds to provide job training in information technology. Agencies in Kansas City, Minneapolis and ... Read More
The Danforth Plant Science Center announced Wednesday a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture to map the genes that control drought response in grasses used as ... Read More
The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that FoodServiceWarehouse.com (FSW), a leading e-commerce company focused on high-quality restaurant equipment and supplies, has selected Kansas City as the location for ... Read More
Two Missouri BBQ restaurants were recently named on Zagat’s list of the top 15 great newcomers to the BBQ scene: Q39 in Kansas City was ranked No. 7 and Spare No ... Read More
Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that ECCO Select, a Kansas City-based consulting firm, will invest more than $1 million to expand its headquarters, creating 96 new information technology jobs. The expansion ... Read More
Hospitals and Health Networks have named nine Missouri hospitals among the “most wired” health systems in the country. The annual list includes: Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City; Citizens Memorial Hospital ... Read More
Southeast Missouri Regional Port is on tracks to even greater success. A grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Semo Port’s 2014 North Tracks was celebrated Tuesday at the Port. John ... Read More
Chesterfield, Missouri-based Customer Direct (parent of Guest Directsm), North America’s leader in contact center services, today announced plans to open a second operations facility in Arnold, MO. Customer Direct’s bilingual agents ... Read More