by - June 27, 2019 4:43 am
U.S. monthly electricity generation from renewable sources exceeded coal-fired generation for the first time in April, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Renewable sources provided 23% of total…
by - June 20, 2019 3:16 pm
Entergy Corp. is asking its shareholders to turn back an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer from a privately-held Canadian investment firm that has made similar approaches to buy discounted shares from investors…
by - June 20, 2019 8:54 am
Houston-based oil and gas independent Anadarko Petroleum Corp., which agreed to a unsolicited $38 billion takeover bid from rival Occidental Petroleum Corp. last month, plans to spearhead the largest U.S….
by - June 19, 2019 9:32 am
U.S. imports of crude oil from members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) declined to the lowest level since March 1986, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration…
by - June 13, 2019 10:01 pm
Seal Energy Solutions, now Seal Solar, officially opened a new headquarters in Argenta last week. The Arkansas-based company, founded in 2012 by Josh Davenport and Heather Nelson, is focusing exclusively…
by - June 12, 2019 12:43 pm
Electric utility Entergy Arkansas has started to offer a solar tariff that will allow customers to subscribe to blocks of solar energy generated by a solar facility near Stuttgart and…
by - June 6, 2019 11:41 am
Solar power developer Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock announced Thursday (June 6) a partnership with the city of Camden and Ouachita County to build a 6.5-megawatt solar power…
by - June 6, 2019 10:09 am
Black Hills Energy, a utility of Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Corp., broke ground Wednesday (June 5) on a 10,000-square-foot operations center in Siloam Springs, according to a news release….
by - June 5, 2019 2:35 pm
The rise in the use of biodiesel can be attributed to the regulations requiring its blending into petroleum diesel fuel as it’s contributed to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions….
by - June 4, 2019 1:00 pm
U.S. production of hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGLs) rose 13%, or by more than 500,000 barrels per day, to 5 million barrels per day in 2018, from 2017, according to the…
by - June 4, 2019 12:46 pm
Solar power developer Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock announced plans Tuesday (June 4) to build a 585-kilowatt (kW) solar power plant that will meet all the electricity demand…
by - June 3, 2019 3:27 pm
Murphy Oil Corp. on Monday (June 3) closed on a key $1.2 billion Gulf of Mexico acquisition amid the El Dorado oil and gas giant’s strategic turn to broaden its…
by - May 30, 2019 6:00 pm
Carroll Electric Cooperative Corp., based in Berryville, will receive $263 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to upgrade power and communication lines. Acting Assistant to the Secretary…
by - May 30, 2019 10:49 am
Entergy Louisiana, sister company to Entergy Arkansas, announced on Wednesday (March 29) that it has completed its $870 million St. Charles Power Station ahead of schedule and on budget. Company…
by - May 29, 2019 2:19 pm
Clarksville looks to become the first city in the state to power all of its government operations with solar energy after it installs a second solar power plant on more…
by - May 22, 2019 5:03 pm
Oklahoma Gas & Electric said Wednesday (May 22) it has received all state and federal regulatory approvals to move forward with the acquisition of two cleaner-burning power plants to reduce…
by - May 20, 2019 7:07 pm
Armed with the new Solar Access Act enacted into law during the 92nd General Assembly, Phillips County is racing to become the first county in the Natural State to install…
by - May 20, 2019 12:22 pm
The amount of electricity U.S. power plants will generate in the summer months of June through August is expected to fall 2% to 1,168 million megawatt-hours, from the same period…
by - May 16, 2019 4:33 pm
U.S. energy production rose 8% to a record level of 96 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2018, from 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The rise…
by - May 14, 2019 2:06 pm
Construction is on schedule and on budget for the largest solar array on city-owned land in Arkansas, and the 10-megawatt system is expected to begin operating July 1, said Matt…
