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The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Nov. 19) approved moving forward in the process to accept a $14.5 million grant that is part of the federal Climate Pollution…
by - November 18, 2024 12:40 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $997,588 to Xiaoqing Song, a University of Arkansas assistant professor of electrical engineering, for research that could lead to smaller and more reliable…
by - November 14, 2024 3:19 pm
The City of Fort Smith and City Administrator Carl Geffken filed an answer to a lawsuit brought against the city regarding the city’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program, denying all…
by - November 14, 2024 10:20 am
Declines in U.S. refinery capacity are expected to slow the decrease in refining margins. Refinery margins or crack spreads, the difference between the selling price and the cost of production…
by - November 3, 2024 4:22 pm
Summit Utilities Arkansas has filed 2024 winter cost of gas rates with the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) with the lowest winter season cost of gas since 2021. Summit owns…
by - October 29, 2024 6:39 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool has approved a $7.7 billion plan to expand and upgrade the region’s transmission capacity, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 29) news release….
by - October 23, 2024 8:54 pm
Treaty Oak Clean Energy, LLC of Austin, Texas, a company that develops, builds, and operates utility-scale solar and battery storage projects, announced the development of a 100-megawatt, 1,000-acre solar facility…
by - October 14, 2024 10:35 am
Cargo e-bike maker Gnargo Bike Co. recently opened a store at 3905 N.W. Wishing Springs Drive in Bentonville. Zach and Elysia Springer are the co-founders and co-owners. Zach Springer said…
by - October 10, 2024 4:19 pm
The prices of most goods and services ticked higher in September. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was up 2.4% from the year-ago period, according to Thursday’s (Oct. 10) report from…
by - October 10, 2024 10:51 am
The 11th Street Cottages in Fayetteville recently opened as the first Energy Star-certified pocket neighborhood featuring net-zero homes in Northwest Arkansas, according to a news release. Fayetteville-based Dakota Development LLC,…
by - October 8, 2024 5:28 pm
Most U.S. households, on average, will pay about the same to heat their homes this winter as they did last winter, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). However,…
by - October 7, 2024 1:14 pm
Keo Fish Farms will spend $1.5 million to build an 856-kilowatt solar array at its Lonoke County facility. It will save the farm $110,726 during its first year and is…
by - October 4, 2024 8:26 am
Little Rock-based generation and transmission cooperative Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC) has started a $93 million project to add 100 megawatts of generation capacity to its natural gas-fired Thomas B….
by - October 3, 2024 10:13 am
Arkansas customers of Black Hills Energy will see natural gas bills rise because of a rate hike starting with October billing, the company said Wednesday (Oct. 2). The average residential…
by - October 1, 2024 8:41 am
Little Rock-based Scenic Hill Solar has secured $31.8 million in financing from Climate United to support a more than $100 million solar power project for the University of Arkansas System….
by - September 30, 2024 2:26 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has promoted multiple director-level and executive-level staff in legal and engineering and announced that a c-suite executive plans to retire in…
by - September 27, 2024 3:52 pm
Sustainability, energy justice, and energy efficiency are some of the discussion topics in the second annual River Valley Green Energy and Education Program (RV-GEEP) seminar set for Oct. 3-4 at…
by - September 23, 2024 3:55 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors recently approved a solar energy plan. A $1.452 million investment will generate about $100,000 in annual energy cost savings that will offset 68% of…
by - September 20, 2024 6:20 am
Standard Lithium Ltd. and Equinor announced Friday (Sept. 20) that its jointly-owned U.S. subsidiary, SWA Lithium LLC has been selected for up to $225 million from the U.S. Department of…
by - September 20, 2024 6:06 am
The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas announced Thursday (Sept. 19) a milestone in high-speed internet broadband access throughout the state, as cooperative fiber providers have delivered broadband capability to more than…
