by - November 17, 2020 3:31 pm
North Little Rock-based renewable energy company Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) announced Tuesday (Nov. 17) it will build 20 solar arrays in southeastern Kansas. The Kansas Cooperative Sun Power Program comprises…
by - November 16, 2020 10:18 am
Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are projected to earn about $323 billion in net oil export revenues in 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information…
by - November 14, 2020 5:29 pm
Those who care about environmental policy should be satisfied with the outcome of the presidential election, said Ramon Cruz, president of the national Sierra Club. Equity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the…
by - November 12, 2020 2:37 pm
Southwest Power Pool, the regional transmission operator located in Little Rock said Thursday (Nov. 12) it is considering a western state expansion. SPP said it has received letters from several…
by - November 12, 2020 11:57 am
Project developers expect more than 23 gigawatts of wind turbine generating capacity to start operating in the United States in 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). This…
by - November 10, 2020 3:36 pm
Global crude oil consumption rose in October as international benchmark Brent crude oil spot prices declined $1 to $40 per barrel, from September, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration…
by - November 9, 2020 4:14 pm
Little Rock-based utility Entergy Arkansas announced Monday (Nov. 9) it has established an online site to allow customers to purchase reduced-cost, energy-saving products. The Entergy Arkansas Marketplace offers discounted LED…
by - November 9, 2020 1:59 pm
A team of University of Arkansas researchers, led by physics professor Paul Thibado, is developing a chip to generate and store energy as a battery replacement. The team has designed…
by - November 5, 2020 3:27 pm
Shreveport, La.-based Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP), will cease operations at two of its coal-fired power plants and retrofit another as…
by - October 29, 2020 2:19 pm
Little Rock-based Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) is a state affiliate of Washington, D.C.-based Solar Energy Industries Association, the trade group announced Wednesday (Oct. 28). AAEA has become the 19th…
by - October 28, 2020 5:08 pm
A more than 30% decline in fuel sales during the third quarter pushed net income lower for El Dorado-based Murphy USA, with net income per share of $2.27 for the…
by - October 28, 2020 4:15 pm
North Little Rock-based renewable energy company Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) recently completed two solar arrays with battery storage and broke ground on another solar panel system, all in south Arkansas….
by - October 27, 2020 3:13 pm
Economic developers have tried for years to lure a major manufacturer to eastern Crittenden County. Two major U.S. highways intersect in the region, it borders the Mississippi River, and it…
by - October 27, 2020 1:13 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has elected attorney Elizabeth Moore of New York to the company’s board of directors effective Tuesday (Oct. 27). “Liz will make…
by - October 21, 2020 4:17 pm
Natural gas-fired generators accounted for 43% of operating electricity generating capacity in the United States in 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The generators provided 39% of…
by - October 20, 2020 9:11 am
Increased demand for distillate fuel oil this winter is expected to contribute to declines in high distillate inventories in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)….
by - October 15, 2020 9:01 pm
North Little Rock-based renewable energy company Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) recently broke ground on two solar arrays and completed a solar project in southern Arkansas. TPI said (Oct. 15) construction…
by - October 14, 2020 1:17 pm
How Asia, India and Africa choose to meet rising electricity demand will have implications for international energy trade and economic development, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The…
by - October 6, 2020 3:24 pm
Heating bills are expected to rise this winter as more energy is consumed because of colder temperatures and efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, according to the U.S. Energy…
by - October 5, 2020 6:29 pm
Entergy Arkansas customers in the utility’s solar energy program are expected to save $60 million over the next almost 19 years, according to a news release on Monday (Oct. 5). The utility…
