by - March 6, 2019 11:46 am
A team of University of Arkansas professors and students plan to have the first prototype of a 300-kilowatt, silicon carbide solar inverter by the end of 2019, said Yue Zhao,…
by - March 6, 2019 10:24 am
U.S. net electricity generation rose 4% in 2018, reaching a record high of 4.178 billion megawatt hours, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Last year was the first…
by - March 5, 2019 1:18 pm
A Senate bill to reset the state’s net-metering policy on solar energy was finally pushed out of committee on Tuesday (March 5) after going through several revisions since the beginning…
by - March 5, 2019 10:27 am
Leaders of the city of Fayetteville, Ozarks Electric Cooperative and Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) broke ground Monday (March 4) on the largest solar power system on municipal land in Arkansas….
by - March 3, 2019 12:35 pm
CenterPoint Energy Inc., which closed its $6 billion deal to acquire Indiana-based Vectren Corp. earlier this year, posted fourth quarter profits of 18 cents per share on Thursday (Feb. 28)…
by - February 28, 2019 7:31 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) on Thursday (Feb. 28) submitted a request to the Arkansas Public Service Commission for a net annual increase of $45.6 million in the company’s non-fuel…
by - February 28, 2019 11:16 am
Global liquid fuels production is expected to exceed global consumption through 2020 even as the supply declines from several crude oil-producing countries, including Saudi Arabia, Libya, Venezuela and Canada, according…
by - February 27, 2019 6:34 pm
Arkansas Public Service Commission chairman Ted Thomas said Wednesday (Feb. 27) that “big picture” legislation to expand the state’s solar marketplace could be a boon for the Arkansas economy –…
by - February 27, 2019 10:09 am
Climate change is not a political issue. It’s a fact. That’s according to Bill Hanna, president, CEO and chairman of Fort Smith-based Hannah Oil & Gas. Hanna was one of…
by - February 21, 2019 3:54 pm
Jim Phillips, chairman and CEO of Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech, looks to guide the company through a lawsuit that alleges his firm missed payments on $7 million in loans. New…
by - February 20, 2019 11:31 am
The industrial sector uses 55% of energy delivered worldwide — more energy than any other sector in the world, according to the International Energy Agency. Within the industrial sector, the…
by - February 20, 2019 11:01 am
Entergy Corp. posted a hefty fourth quarter loss related to the New Orleans-based electricity provider’s decision to sell its merchant nuclear and wholesale power fleet and go back to its…
by - February 20, 2019 5:30 am
American Electric Power, which last summer canceled the $4.5 Wind Catcher project approved by Arkansas regulators, recently (Feb. 12) announced a deal to acquire 724 megawatts (MW) of operating wind…
by - February 19, 2019 4:18 pm
Bill Conine has been named interim president and CEO of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. He replaces Duane Highley, who recently accepted the position of CEO…
by - February 19, 2019 11:33 am
The advanced energy economy in Arkansas added 85 new solar jobs in 2018, according to a jobs report from The Solar Foundation. The number of solar jobs in the state…
by - February 18, 2019 10:51 am
Murphy Oil Corp. recently announced that its top senior executive who oversees the company’s global exploration and production operations plans to step down on Feb. 28 after 17 years of…
by - February 16, 2019 11:32 am
North Arkansas Electric Cooperative was formed in 1939 to deliver life-changing electricity to people in unserved rural areas. With access to electricity came running water, refrigeration, electric-powered farming equipment and…
by - February 13, 2019 5:13 pm
Duane Highley, who has served as the president and CEO of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. since November 2011, has accepted the position of CEO of…
by - February 13, 2019 12:05 pm
Residential and commercial purchased electricity consumption is expected to increase more slowly than the number of households or total commercial floor space, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)….
by - February 11, 2019 10:46 am
Rapid City, S.D.-based utility Black Hills Corp., which has customers in eight states including Arkansas, recently reported fourth-quarter net income increased 37.5% to $88 million, or $1.51 per share, from…
