The natural state has given solar power the cold shoulder for well over a decade. Here at AMP, we explored why that is, and what Arkansas officials and organizations are doing to advocate the use of renewable energy through net-metering.…
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Officials with the Arkansas Advance Energy Association (AAEA) offered several policy recommendations on Tuesday concerning two recent dockets that some local energy experts say could determine the future of state’s burgeoning renewable energy industry. AAEA Policy Director Ken Smith discussed…
Katie Laning Niebaum has been appointed executive director of the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association and its educational affiliate the Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation, board chairs Gary McChesney and Elizabeth Hood announced Friday. The Little Rock native brings more than five…
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Officials to Flip the Switch on Arkansas’ Largest Solar Energy Field March 31
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation will mark the full commissioning of the 100-acre East Camden solar field, called Aerojet Rocketdyne Solar Farm, on March 31. The 12-megawatt array is located in the Highland Industrial Park…
Ouachita Electric Cooperative in Camden has entered into a service agreement for a 100-kilowatt AC solar array to be installed by Today’s Power Inc. “As a member-owned electric cooperative, we strive to respond to the desires of our members when it…
Clean Line Energy Partners LLC announced an agreement June 8 between its subsidiary Plains and Eastern Clean Line LLC and Sediver to build a new Sediver manufacturing facility and testing laboratory in West Memphis. In the agreement, Clean Line designates Sediver, a unit of Seves Group, as its…