Date: 12/1/2002Location: MOPhone: 573-751-5953 Fax: 573-751-6860 The Missouri Department of Natural Resources Energy Center's Anemometer Loan Program is part of an effort to help Missouri landowners make informed decisions about the siting and use of wind turbines. This program has allowed participants to borrow anemometers and the equipment needed for installation, so they can measure the wind resource. The state has a fleet of ten, 20-meter towers and has conducted wind energy assessments at 37 locations. As of May 2008, six of the towers are in service and are scheduled to be decommissioned during the last week of October 2008 and the first week of November 2008.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is no longer taking applications for the Missouri Anemometer Loan Project.
Missouri is also conducting a tall tower wind study (up to 150 meters), operated by the University of Missouri's Atmospheric Sciences Department led by Dr. Neil Fox. As of early November 2006, instruments are in place on seven towers. When installation phase is complete, instruments will be installed on ten towers.
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