by - July 6, 2020 3:37 pm
Little Rock-based solar array installer Delta Solar announced Monday (July 6) that entrepreneur Bob East has joined the company as an equity investor and will serve as chairman. The company…
by - July 5, 2020 1:30 pm
Last week, Entergy Arkansas filed a petition for the rehearing of a landmark decision made by the Arkansas Public Service Commission regarding net metering, a huge issue in the state’s…
by - July 2, 2020 12:45 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, announced Thursday (July 2) it plans to move forward on a nearly $1 billion wind farm project…
by - July 2, 2020 11:24 am
Two solar array installers with Little Rock metro area offices have recently completed or started work on multiple solar power plants that are expected to provide a multimillion-dollar economic impact…
by - June 29, 2020 12:38 pm
Global electricity consumption has risen faster than the world population, a contributing factor to an increase in the average amount of electricity consumed per person, according to the U.S. Energy…
by - June 25, 2020 7:08 pm
Entergy Arkansas is donating $50,000 to the Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association, which manages the federally funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program from 14 locations across the state serving…
by - June 23, 2020 5:21 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing a $75 million loan to Arkansas Electric Co-op Corporations through the Electric Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee Program. As part of the Electric Loan Program, Arkansas Electric Co-op is…
by - June 18, 2020 3:42 pm
Summer electricity consumption in the United States is expected to fall to the lowest level in 11 years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Meanwhile, gasoline prices are…
by - June 18, 2020 11:44 am
The city of Forrest City and Scenic Hill Solar will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the first of the three solar power plant sites in Forrest City on Monday (June…
by - June 15, 2020 10:49 am
North Little Rock-based Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) announced Monday (June 15) a partnership with General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and Ouachita Electric Cooperative (OECC) to build a 2-megawatt solar…
by - June 12, 2020 11:46 am
Little Rock-based Southwest Power Pool, the regional transmission organization that manages the electric grid for much of the central United States, recently set records for the highest share of electricity…
by - June 11, 2020 3:38 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool has postponed the return of its employees to the office until Sept. 8 as a safety precaution amid the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic,…
by - June 9, 2020 2:02 pm
The largest declines in U.S. oil consumption have already happened in the wake of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and demand is expected to rise over the next 18 months, according…
by - June 8, 2020 11:35 am
The United States receives the largest share of energy imports from Canada, and it is the second-largest destination for U.S. energy exports behind only Mexico, according to the U.S. Energy…
by - June 4, 2020 5:46 pm
Renewable energy and environmental advocates welcomed new net-metering rules that have been in the works since 2016, but a business organization representing the state’s largest industrial users and two of…
by - June 3, 2020 1:25 pm
The largest county-owned solar array in Arkansas has started operating in south Fayetteville, according to a news release. North Little Rock-based Seal Solar activated Wednesday (June 3) the 2.01-megawatt array…
by - June 3, 2020 10:53 am
U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel, which include biodiesel and renewable diesel, increased 26% to more than 27,000 barrels per day in 2019, following three years of decline, according to the…
by - May 29, 2020 10:18 am
U.S. energy consumption from renewable sources was greater than coal consumption in 2019, marking the first time that has happened since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration…
by - May 27, 2020 7:23 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co., a company of Columbus, Ohio-based utility American Electric Power, has received regulatory approval from Louisiana for its plan to invest $1.01 billion to acquire three wind…
by - May 25, 2020 9:12 am
Fayetteville-based electronics manufacturer Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. will receive $750,000 from NASA as part of a project to develop electronic systems that can withstand extreme temperatures. The two-year phase II…
