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…
by - May 24, 2020 10:00 am
Murphy Oil Corp. announced last week that Walter K. Compton, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, will retire from the company effective June 1, 2020. The current Vice President, Law…
by - May 21, 2020 3:16 pm
The former Molex facility at 101 Bringler Drive in Maumelle sold May 6 to CenterPoint Energy Inc. of Texas for $2.5 million. Real estate representatives for the seller announced the…
by - May 21, 2020 1:07 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday (May 21) it will give $53 million to 211 small businesses in 35 states and the District of Columbia, including a $206,494…
by - May 18, 2020 4:28 pm
Renewable energy power plants are more often being built with energy storage systems, especially batteries, as the cost of energy storage continues to fall, according to the U.S. Energy Information…
by - May 13, 2020 5:01 pm
Entergy Arkansas has made several promotions within its customer service division recently. Ventrell Thompson and James Garland were both promoted to customer service regional manager positions in the Little Rock…
by - May 12, 2020 3:41 pm
Crude oil production in the United States is projected to fall in 2020 and would be the first annual decline since 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)….
by - May 11, 2020 5:18 pm
New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. on Monday (May 11) posted first quarter adjusted net income of $230 million, down from the $254.537 million in the same quarter of 2019. The adjusted…
by - May 11, 2020 1:20 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co., a company of Columbus, Ohio-based utility American Electric Power, has received regulatory approval in Arkansas for its plan to add 810 megawatts of wind energy. SWEPCO…
by - May 11, 2020 11:35 am
Coal-fired electricity generation in the United States declined 16% to 966,000 gigawatt-hours in 2019 and was the lowest level since 1976, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The…
by - May 8, 2020 3:36 pm
Oklahoma City-based OGE Energy Corp. posted ongoing first quarter net income of $45 million, down from $47.1 million in the 2019 quarter. The per share earnings of 23 cents beat…
by - May 7, 2020 11:29 pm
U.S. exports of fuel ethanol fell 14% to 96,000 barrels per day in 2019, and the drop was the first annual decline in the exports since 2015, according to the…
by - May 6, 2020 4:32 pm
El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp. said Wednesday afternoon (May 6) it will close its home office in south Arkansas and relocate the corporate headquarters to its existing offices in Houston….
by - May 6, 2020 3:14 pm
Arkansas is set to receive 90,000 COVID-19 testing kit supplies in May from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday (May 6). He said…
