by - April 5, 2018 3:35 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has been named a 2018 Energy Star Partner of the Year — Sustained Excellence award winner for the utility company’s energy efficiency program in Arkansas….
by - April 5, 2018 9:29 am
The number of net metering facilities in Northwest Arkansas increased dramatically in 2017. According to annual filings with the Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC), there were 517 net metering facilities…
by - April 4, 2018 11:32 am
University of Arkansas Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Congressman Steve Womack (R-Rogers) on Wednesday (April 4) jointly announced an additional $10 million in funding to…
by - April 3, 2018 10:11 am
U.S. retail electricity sales declined 2% or by 80 billion kilowatt-hours in 2017, from 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The decrease was the largest drop since the…
by - March 30, 2018 12:25 pm
U.S. coal demand and exports are expected to remain flat through 2050, even as coal-fired plants are removed from operation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Coal demand and…
by - March 29, 2018 11:03 am
Finding sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels needs to be resolved soon, according to a new book by University of Arkansas biologist Ruben Michael Ceballos. CRC Press recently released “Bioethanol and…
by - March 28, 2018 12:22 pm
U.S. net energy imports declined 35% to 7.3 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2017, from 2016, falling to the lowest level since 1982, according to the U.S. Energy Information…
by - March 27, 2018 11:30 am
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) increased 288% to 1.94 billion cubic feet per day in 2017, from 0.5 billion cubic feet per day in 2016, according to the…
by - March 23, 2018 5:21 pm
Clean Line Energy and the Department of Energy (DOE) agreed Friday (March 23) to terminate the controversial $2.5 billion high-voltage wind power project across Arkansas, almost exactly three years after…
by - March 22, 2018 8:09 am
Shell Oil Corporation has named Arkansas-based Coulson Oil’s Road Runner Stores as “Top Retailer of the Year.” The award recognizes the top performing 5% of Shell Oil retailers across the…
by - March 21, 2018 2:02 pm
Between 2010 and 2016, the per-watt cost of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems fell about 10% to 15%, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA based this information…
by - March 15, 2018 10:15 am
U.S. crude oil exports nearly doubled to 1.1 million barrels per day in 2017, from 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Last year was the second full year…
by - March 14, 2018 1:07 pm
Over the past three years, the value of U.S. energy exports to Mexico has exceeded the value of U.S. energy imports from Mexico, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - March 13, 2018 10:44 am
In early February, the stock market implied volatility exceeded the crude oil price volatility for the first time since 2008, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The VIX measures…
by - March 9, 2018 10:23 am
Between June 2012 and March 2017, residential natural gas prices increased 41% in the West South Central — the U.S. region that includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, according to…
by - March 6, 2018 8:25 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) on Tuesday (March 6) fired back at a group opposing the $4.5 billion “Wind Catcher” project designed to deliver wind-powered energy to Arkansas. SWEPCO, a…
by - March 6, 2018 9:52 am
Ethanol production margins at U.S. corn ethanol plants were an average of 22 cents per gallon in 2017, marking the fifth consecutive year margins were more than 20 cents per…
by - March 1, 2018 7:40 pm
Southwestern Energy Company posted solid results in the fourth quarter and returned to profitability in 2017 after the company’s drilling program picked up steam on the East Coast amid plans…
by - March 1, 2018 11:14 am
Dr. Alan Mantooth, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Arkansas and president of Power Electronics Society, announced a $1 million prize will be given to the winner of…
by - March 1, 2018 10:30 am
The number of fatal occupational injuries of line installers and repairers fell 10% to 40 in 2015, from 44 in 2014, according to according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor…
