Heather Nelson of Seal Solar Solutions of North Little Rock and other renewable energy companies are pushing businesses interested in solar power to act now, before federal investment tax credits begin sunsetting at the end of the year.
In Arkansas, conversations have begun about integrating distributed energy resources, or DERs, into the existing utility infrastructure. The goal: to maximize benefits for all Arkansans during our transition to a more efficient, and diversified, energy grid.
Stone Creek Solar of Jonesboro has joined the wave of sun energy teams seeding the education and public entities market, announcing a 766-kilowatt array for the Buffalo Island Central School District in nearby Monette.
A Canadian company's plan to mine battery-grade lithium from the salty waters beneath south Arkansas took physical shape this month as Standard Lithium Ltd. of Vancouver broke ground on a demonstration plant near El Dorado. read more >
Paul Nony was recently promoted to principal toxicologist at the Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health LLC in North Little Rock. read more >
Insured losses stemming from natural disasters in the United States in 2018 totaled $52.3 billion, down from $78 billion in 2017. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate in May, at 3.6%, was unchanged from the previous month. read more >
After four years of looking at options, Pulaski County has put solar power "squarely in the pipeline" with a bid proposal for building a multimillion-dollar sun farm on county property, a project expected to save taxpayers 25-35% on an electric bill that once ran $1.2 million a year. read more >
As solar and renewable energy use surges and and utilities jump in with their own systems, the state's largest electric utility, Entergy Arkansas, is offering customers a way to run their homes and businesses with sun power. read more >
Plunging into disaster zones and telling the story is a job as old as journalism, but it's perilous in body and spirit, so reporters should tread carefully. read more >
Today's Power Inc. of Little Rock dedicated another small utility-scale solar installation Tuesday, this one for Farmers Electric Cooperative of Newport. read more >
A fast-food eatery in Sherwood, a postal project in west Little Rock's Otter Creek neighborhood, a warehouse property in North Little Rock and a home in the Heights area of Little Rock form this week's quartet of million-dollar real estate sales. read more >
Bill Halter is rooting for the sun, and not just because his company is developing several solar power projects around the state. read more >
Cam Deacon has been hired as director of finance by Entegrity in Little Rock. read more >
Scenic Hill Solar of Little Rock has partnered with Ouachita County and its seat to provide enough sun energy to power 100% of municipal and county operations. read more >
The new logo seemed to be on everything under the sun, from Josh Davenport's shirt and Heather Nelson's sweater to the ink pens, baseball caps and even the new awning at 705 Main St. in North Little Rock: Seal Solar Energy Solutions. read more >
A federal program for upgrading rural electric infrastructure will provide a $263 million loan for Carroll Electric Cooperative Corp. of Berryville to improve power grid reliability in its region of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. read more >
Emerging leaders from business, nonprofit and policy sectors can again learn from some of the most successful and recognizable names in Arkansas as part of the Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >
Scenic Hill Solar of Little Rock is working to make the Guy-Perkins School District in Faulkner County the state's first school system fully powered by electricity from the sun. read more >
Median incomes of U.S. households are rising again, and “those headed by a Millennial (someone age 22 to 37) now earn more than young adult households did at nearly any time in the past 50 years,” according to the Pew Research Center. read more >
We have suggested to Michael Pakko, the state economic forecaster, that the volume of Movers & Shakers landing in our queue be considered an economic indicator. By that indication, Arkansas' economy is humming. read more >
Stefan Booy recently joined Seal Energy Solutions of North Little Rock as vice president of operations. read more >
Meet 40 impressive young business and community leaders of Arkansas who will give you confidence that our state will be in good hands for decades to some. read more >
The city of Clarksville announces a $5 million, 2.86-megawatt expansion of one of Arkansas' largest municipal solar power plants. read more >
The departures of five companies that were acquired in the past year made room at the bottom of the list for companies that had not made the cutoff last year — or ever. The price of entry to the list? $100 million read more >
A quick look at annual reports from the state's electric cooperative companies shows a significant spike in 2018 revenue over 2017, but the reason is no mystery, officials say. read more >
Retiring the first time as CEO of Petit Jean Electric, Bill Conine was pulled back in February to be interim president and CEO of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. after Duane Highley departed for a job in Colorado. read more >
Phillips County Judge Clark Hall is counting on solar power to save his county money and help shine its image. The county has hired Entegrity Partners of Little Rock to build a 400-kilowatt photovoltaic array as part of its major new justice complex near Helena Regional Medical Center. read more >
Silver Development Co., Larry Crain Jr.'s non-car venture, is watching its 188-unit Chenal Village fill up as the high-end duplex project beckons 55-and-up renters. read more >
Where are you getting fresh ideas for your business? Are you better off looking within your industry, or outside of it? read more >
Affiliates of Weingarten Realty of Houston, Texas, were on either side of a $19.75 million transaction involving a 166,735-SF retail project in west Little Rock. read more >
Brent Fason, Si Anthony, Lance Heer, Trey Brown, Paul Langley and Kaleb Barkley have been promoted at Conway Corp. Shawn Wnek has been promoted to senior toxicologist at CTEH in North Little Rock. read more >
Entergy Arkansas is publicizing the savings it has achieved over the past five years with MISO, the regional power transmission organization it joined in 2014, even as its parent company looks to the future with an aggressive new plan for reducing the utility's carbon footprint. read more >
