Quest for Solar Modules: Could Arkansas Make Hay?
The state has two solar fields on hold, but CEO of Delta Solar says now is the time for solar power. read more >
The state has two solar fields on hold, but CEO of Delta Solar says now is the time for solar power. read more >
A U.S. investigation into Asian solar panel exports has stalled two of Entergy Arkansas’ largest sun projects. read more >
With war in Ukraine driving a global energy crisis, Entergy Arkansas Inc. has turned to the sun exclusively for new electricity generation. read more >
The energy center adds 100 megawatts to Entergy's solar operations. read more >
While Amazon says it's becoming the world’s largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, details in part of its plan involving solar projects in east Arkansas are about as clear as a dense Delta fog. read more >
Entergy Arkansas, the state’s largest electric utility, is seeking at least 300 megawatts of renewable generation projects to supplement its electrical supply by 2026. read more >
Entergy Arkansas executive Kurt Castleberry says the electric company has filed for regulatory approval of the state’s largest sun energy installation — by far. read more >
Entergy Arkansas and NextEra Energy Resources will start construction next month on what will be the state’s largest sun power array with battery storage, a 100-megawatt plant in White County. read more >
Entergy Arkansas plugs into its second major solar power facility, a 350,000-panel array near Lake Village that is now the largest in Arkansas. read more >
Recent rulings in a five-year regulatory battle over solar energy policy in Arkansas leave two conclusions as sure as the sun rising in the east: More solar arrays are coming, and the fight over who will build them goes on. read more >
As renewable power surpasses coal as a U.S. energy source, Entergy Corp. of New Orleans is committing to cut power-production carbon emissions to zero within 30 years, and is teaming with Mitsubishi Power in Arkansas and three other states as part of that effort. read more >
The Arkansas Public Service Commission ended four years of wrangling over pricing rules for solar power Monday, pleasing the solar installation industry with a ruling that keeps compensation high for power put back onto the electric grid by residences and small business power systems of less than 1 megawatt. read more >
Bill Halter, CEO of Scenic Hill Solar, pleads for regulators to reject a plan by Entergy Arkansas, but the utility says its solar offering will preserve jobs and save cities and counties money. read more >
With a final public hearing Wednesday, the Arkansas Public Service Commission appears to be within weeks of ruling on what compensation solar-generating customers should get from power companies. read more >
Entergy Arkansas plants its solar flag in southeast Arkansas, breaking ground on a 100-megawatt sun array near Lake Village with its solar partner, NextEra Energy Resources of Florida. read more >
As the planet warms and storms, hurricanes, floods and wildfires intensify, backup power systems are an urgent new market in renewable energy. But take a lesson from windy, fiery California: Even if you have solar panels and sunshine, your home or business could stay dark. read more >
Stuttgart, which bills itself as the world capital for rice production and duck hunting, is partnering with Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock to power all city government operations with sun energy from a new 3.15-megawatt solar plant. 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 >
Today’s Power Inc. of Little Rock adds to its growing string of small utility-scale solar power projects around the state. read more >
Entergy Arkansas plans to build a 100-megawatt solar energy facility in White County near Searcy. The project would be the largest utility-owned solar facility in the state and the first to feature a battery for storing solar power. read more >
