The challenge of supplying the nation's homes, businesses and industries with reliable, high-quality electrical energy at a reasonable cost has heightened over the last two decades for a variety of reasons.

The main focus of energy research at Missouri University of Science and Technology is to develop and enhance safer and environmental friendly energy resources. This goal motivated researcher at Missouri S&T to turn their attention towards solar energy as a greener solution for energy crisis.

The current research in solar energy at Missouri S&T’s power department focuses mainly on issues such as PV array configurations, solar inverters.