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Washington County's 2.01-megawatt, 5,400 panel solar system on its south campus near Clydesdale Drive in Fayetteville.
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

Fayetteville, Others Race for Solar Savings

The city of Fayetteville is looking to save money on its electric bill, and it’s in a hurry to have solar power project plans in place with Entegrity of Little Rock by the end of September. read more >
Energy

SWEPCO Gets Approval for $2.2B in Solar and Wind Power

The company said aging generation units drove the need for the developments. read more >
Energy

Swepco Names Brett Mattison as President, Succeeding Smoak in 2023

Smoak is retiring at year’s end after 38 years at American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. read more >
Wind turbines at the Traverse Wind Energy Center in Oklahoma
Energy

SWEPCO Wind Power Comes Online

The project is estimated to save customers $2 billion in electricity costs over 30 years. read more >
Chris Ladner, left, a principal partner at Entegrity, and John Coleman, the regional director who heads company’s Fayetteville office.
Construction / Education / Energy

Entegrity Solar Farm to Energize UA’s Fayetteville Campus

The power from the 4-megawatt array will offset about 6.3% of the campus’ electricity use. read more >
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

SWEPCO Seeks Approval for New 72-MW Solar Facility

The array would provide enough power for about 12,000 homes. read more >
Group of wind turbines at a wind farm on a hill with cattle grazing beneath, creating renewable energy in Taralga NSW Australia.
Energy

2nd Wind Farm Serving Arkansas Swepco Customers Now Online

It will provide renewable energy to all of the company's 122,800 customers in west Arkansas. read more >
Seal Solutions CEO Josh Davenport, winner of the Advanced Energy Rising Star Award at the Empowering Arkansas conference that was held in Little Rock Tuesday. His company won the Advanced Energy Business Innovation Award.
Construction / Energy

AAEA Honors Chris Ladner of Entegrity, Josh Davenport of Seal

The Arkansas Advanced Energy Association toasted the state’s sustainable power and energy efficiency leaders Tuesday at the trade group’s Empowering Arkansas conference. read more >
If the Wind Catcher project is ultimately approved, the builder of this wind farm in Nebraska, Invenergy LLC of Chicago, will put 800 wind turbines on about 300,000 acres of western Oklahoma.
Construction / Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Wind Resistance: Arkansas OKs Big Step for $4.5B ProjectLock Icon

Ted Thomas has faced some tough decisions as an Arkansas utility regulator, but approving a massive $4.5 billion Oklahoma wind energy project wasn’t one of them. read more >
Gov. Mike Beebe and Grant Tennille, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, hint that the first batch of good news from a European trade mission should be landing soon.
Construction / Government & Politics / Legal

Following the Money Fueling Opposition to Wind CatcherLock Icon

While a single wind project won’t seal the fate of America’s energy markets, resistance to Southwestern Electric Power Co.’s Wind Catcher project comes in conjunction with support for coal and nuclear power at the highest levels of American government. read more >
Business Services / Energy / Manufacturing

Utilities’ Programs Offer Businesses Incentives for Saving Energy

Energy is money, and businesses in Arkansas are saving both by taking advantage of energy-efficiency programs sponsored by the state’s electric and gas utility companies. read more >
Swepco was ordered earlier this month to drop three alternative routes — Nos. 62, 86 and 91 — from its request. That leaves preferred route No. 33 and alternates Nos. 108 and 109 on the table. Opponents fear the lines could threaten attractions like Thorncrown Chapel (inset.)
Construction / Energy / Public Companies

Power Line In Ozarks Prompts Firestorm

Many of Eureka Springs’ 2,100 residents have found common ground in their opposition to a proposed $116.7 million upgrade to a regional power line that will run about 50 miles through portions of Carroll and Benton counties. read more >
The Lower Smackover Brown Dense formation is in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana. This map from Southwestern Energy Production Co. of Houston shows the locations of its wells.
Agriculture & Poultry / Construction / Energy

Southwestern Energy to Again Test Brown Dense

Unsuccessful attempts to strike oil in the Brown Dense formation in Arkansas aren’t stopping Southwestern Energy Production Co. of Houston from trying again. read more >