AR solar – Entergy

Entergy Arkansas and Invenergy announce start of commercial operations at Walnut Bend Solar

Entergy Team — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:30:00 +0000

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Adding to its growing fleet of utility-scale solar generating facilities, Entergy Arkansas has announced the start of commercial operations at Walnut Bend Solar ��ϳԹ�� Center. The 100-megawatt solar energy center is located in Lee County to the east of Brinkley, Arkansas. Entergy Arkansas acquired Walnut Bend from Invenergy, a leading privately held developer, owner…

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Entergy Arkansas gets green light for commercial customers to Go ZERO

Entergy Team — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 04:48:00 +0000

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Public Service Commission recently approved Go ZERO, a new offering that gives commercial and industrial customers customizable options for clean energy. Go ZERO, which stands for Zero Emissions Resource Options, allows customers to acquire clean energy attributes associated with the output of Entergy Arkansas’ existing emissions free resources…

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Entergy Arkansas, U.S. government sign first MOU to work toward 24/7 carbon-free electricity

Entergy Team — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:07:00 +0000

WASHINGTON –Today at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the federal government’s first Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a utility to work toward achieving 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE), at least 50 percent of which would be provided on a 24/7 basis, in line with the requirements of Executive Order 14057.

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Entergy Arkansas announces 250-MW solar facility near Osceola

Entergy Team — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 01:47:00 +0000

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Public Service Commission has approved the Entergy Arkansas Driver Solar Project, a new 250-megawatt AC (or 312 MW DC) renewable energy plant developed by Lightsource bp, which will be located on approximately 2,100 acres near Osceola in Mississippi County. Driver Solar will be the utility’s largest solar facility, capable of generating enough energy to power more…

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Entergy Arkansas issues RFP for 1000 MWs of renewable energy

Entergy Team — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 05:37:00 +0000

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Entergy Arkansas officials announced Thursday it has issued a request for proposals for 1,000 megawatts of solar and wind generation resources, emissions-free renewables that can provide cost-effective energy supply, capacity, fuel diversity, and other benefits to its customers. “Entergy Arkansas has a commitment to providing our customers with low-cost…

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Entergy Arkansas Searcy Solar ��ϳԹ�� Center Now Online

Entergy Team — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 07:03:00 +0000

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – The newest solar generation source in the Entergy Arkansas portfolio of renewable resources is online and pumping power onto the electric grid, officials recently announced. The Searcy Solar ��ϳԹ�� Center is among the first in the state to include battery storage and can store 30 megawatts to provide power rain or shine. Searcy Solar is one of three plants producing solar…

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Entergy Arkansas Seeks More Proposals for Green Power

David Lewis — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 21:11:00 +0000

As part of its ongoing dedication to economic development and renewable resources, Entergy Arkansas posted an intent recently to issue a request for proposals for up to 500 megawatts of solar and wind capacity to add to its electricity generating portfolio by 2026. ��ϳԹ�� owns and operates one of the cleanest large-scale U.S. power generating fleets with approximately 30,000…

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Proposed West Memphis Facility to be Company’s Largest Solar Project, So Far

David Lewis — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:56:00 +0000

As part of its commitment to provide more renewable resources, Entergy Arkansas plans to add a large-scale solar farm of 180 megawatts on 1,600 acres near West Memphis in 2023. Pending regulatory approval, the project is part of the Entergy Arkansas pledge to continue to develop and promote reliable, cost-effective, renewable energy for Arkansans, while maintaining affordable electric rates for…

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From Sawdust to Sunshine: A Brief History of Entergy Arkansas Power Generation

David Lewis — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:24:00 +0000

Arkansas Power and Light founder Harvey Couch made a deal in 1913 to purchase sawdust – the company’s first fuel source – to burn and power a steam-powered turbine and send power through a 20-mile transmission line to customers in Malvern and Arkadelphia. That was the beginning of what would become ��ϳԹ��, an integrated energy company engaged in electric power production, transmission and retail distribution operations across four service territories for 3 million customers. A little more than 10 years later, Mr. Couch’s Sterlington natural gas-powered plant in north Louisiana was placed online in November 1925. As the demand for electricity grew, so did the company’s fleet of power generation resources. Couch built Remmel Dam, the first hydroelectric dam on the Ouachita River, near Hot Springs in 1924. Just upstream in 1931 came Carpenter Dam, and both dams still generate emission-free power today.

Searcy Solar Set to Begin Turning Sunshine into Electricity in December

David Lewis — Wed, 12 May 2021 20:47:00 +0000

Construction of the Searcy Solar power generating plant is about 42% complete. When the facility goes online by the end of this year, 100 megawatts of emission-free power will begin flowing from the plant’s more than 350,000 solar panels onto the Entergy Arkansas electric grid. Searcy Solar will have a feature new to the Entergy Arkansas solar energy fleet: an array of lithium-ion batteries on…

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AR solar – Entergy

Entergy Arkansas and Invenergy announce start of commercial operations at Walnut Bend Solar

Entergy Arkansas gets green light for commercial customers to Go ZERO

Entergy Arkansas, U.S. government sign first MOU to work toward 24/7 carbon-free electricity

Entergy Arkansas announces 250-MW solar facility near Osceola

Entergy Arkansas issues RFP for 1000 MWs of renewable energy

Entergy Arkansas Searcy Solar ���ϳԹ��� Center Now Online

Entergy Arkansas Seeks More Proposals for Green Power

Proposed West Memphis Facility to be Company’s Largest Solar Project, So Far

From Sawdust to Sunshine: A Brief History of Entergy Arkansas Power Generation

Searcy Solar Set to Begin Turning Sunshine into Electricity in December

Entergy Arkansas Searcy Solar ��ϳԹ�� Center Now Online