Energy
Missouri is Home to the Future of Energy
Missouri is home to leading developers and producers of batteries from the defense, space, automotive, and consumer industries.
Our batteries power NASA’s space program, including NASA’s InSight Lander, which is currently on the surface of Mars. You could say Missouri powers the space program.
We have assets hidden below the surface as well.
Missouri is the leading producer of lead for batteries in the U.S. and is home to what is likely the largest cobalt reserve in North America. Cobalt is an indispensable raw material for a wide variety of highly sophisticated processed materials including superalloys, hard metals, cemented carbides, catalysts, pigments, permanent magnets, and food additives. It’s also an indispensable raw material for the mixed metal oxide cathode powders used in all high-energy lithium-ion batteries.
Missouri’s low cost of energy, combined with low cost of living and doing business, positions Missouri as a prime location for manufacturers in the energy sector. The state’s location and extensive logistics infrastructure make it simple and efficient to ship energy-related products around the world.
Missouri ranks 4th for battery manufacturing industry employment and 5th for revenue.
Missouri Talent Has the Energy and Knowledge You Need
Missouri talent and Missouri’s research centers are leading the way in energy storage development. Our centers of excellence include:
- The Center for Research in Energy and Environment at Missouri S&T
- The Center for Physical and Power Electronics at University of Missouri
- EaglePicher Lithium Ion Center of Excellence in Joplin
- Missouri Center for Advanced Power Systems (MOCAP) at Missouri Southern State University
- Thomas J. O’Keefe Institute for Sustainable Supply of Strategic Minerals at Missouri S&T
Additionally, the Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has a Solar Energy and Energy Storage group. Washington University also has the world’s first and only department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering.
In 2022, Ford began shipping the all-new E-Transit™ vans, the electric version of America’s best-selling commercial van, from its assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri. It was the company’s first U.S. plant to assemble both batteries and all-electric vehicles in-house.
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What Next?
- Talk to our CEO Subash Alias about business expansion opportunities at 314.932.3973 or via our contact form.
- Check out our available certified sites & buildings for your site selection needs.
- See how Missouri’s business climate ranks in comparison to other states.
It’s local people that went to Missouri universities that have helped develop a lot of the things that we’re dealing with today.
From a strategic standpoint, we figured Missouri was the right place to be, because most of our competition was out on the west coast.