When brothers Nick and Caleb Gorden formed Shine Solar of Rogers five years ago, they expected sunny days and some storms, but they didn’t expect to be on a national magazine’s list of the nation’s top residential rooftop solar installers. read more >

Jessica Lewallen has been hired as director of AMR Architects’ Springdale office. read more >

One beacon in last year's gloom was the nation’s renewable energy industry. Against all odds, the solar sector experienced extraordinary growth. read more >

Johnson Controls of Little Rock and Greenbrier schools are on the cusp of a $13 million project to give the district Arkansas’ largest public entity-owned solar plant, new energy efficiency systems and “the cherry on top,” a high school pipeline to solar industry jobs. read more >

The sixth annual Clean Jobs America Report shows the first recorded drop in overall jobs in the clean energy sector. read more >

With deep pockets and unmatched scale, Loanpal opens a planned 100-employee operation in Bentonville and is staffing up. read more >

Loanpal made headlines last month with its plan for a 100-employee operation in Bentonville, but the sustainable home improvement lender’s arrival is a “big deal” for a reason nobody reported at the time. read more >

Batesville Schools Superintendent Michael Hester told of solar energy savings from an Entegrity-built system that funded raises of at least $4,000 a year for the nearly 250 teachers on his payroll. read more >

Seal Solar CEO Josh Davenport walked into a North Little Rock auto dealership looking to buy an electric car. Now, his company is a partner in the only exclusive electric vehicle dealership in Arkansas. read more >

Nathaniel Martin, Joshua Ruminer, Caleb Tyson and Jennifer Kimberling have been promoted to senior associate positions at WDD Architects of Little Rock. read more >

Heather Nelson of Seal Solar of North Little Rock and Fred Scarborough of the Arkansas Children’s Foundation in Little Rock won Executive of the Year awards, and billionaire philanthropist Johnelle Hunt of Lowell was honored for her lifetime of leadership last week at the 33rd annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >

The regional electric grid was stretched to the limit and beyond, and Arkansans joined Texans, Oklahomans and Missourians sitting in their darkened houses, getting chillier. read more >

An increasing number of Arkansas companies are embracing residential and commercial EV chargers to meet rapidly changing consumer preferences for an all-electric future. read more >

The stars, and particularly that fiery ball just 92 million miles from us, have aligned for Arkansas Business’ debut column on energy, a new monthly feature. read more >

Consumers' quest for certainty and control — combined with pro-solar policies and burgeoning technologies — sustained the solar industry in 2020 are positioning it for even greater success in 2021. read more >

Rusty Deckard and Joey Daigle have been hired at Crow Group Inc. in Morrilton. read more >

Seal Solar of North Little Rock has a free mobile app that’s not only helping current clients but attracting new ones. read more >

Outdoor drinks and dining have become commonplace in American downtowns, a trend pioneered in Arkansas by Little Rock, which initiated the River Market Entertainment District last summer. read more >

Three Arkansas solar companies are soaking up some recognition from Solar Power World, which listed Scenic Hill, Seal Solar and Shine Solar to its 2020 Top Solar Contractors list. read more >

Net-metering decision, with caveats, keeps credit equal to retail power rate. read more >