Arkansas saw two major energy developments in the past week. One involved the Trump administration’s freeing of $200 million in green energy funds for the state while the second involved plans to build at least three renewable energy projects in Arkansas.
Carbon solutions platform Clearloop of Nashville, Tennessee announced a deal with Microsft to bild up to 100 megawatts of renewable energy projects including three in Arkansas over the next three years. The Arkansas Times reported work on the solar farms will bein in the next few months in Poinsett, Cross and Desha countiers. Oil and gas giant Shell is partial owner of Clearloop’s parent company.
The Arkansas Times reported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unfroze about $200 million of green energy funding for the state after the Trump administration had been a hold on the spending. The paper said the projects included $100 million for Central Arkansas economic planning agency Metroplan, and over $93 million for Hope Enterprise Corporation to implement the Solar for All program, was halted by the Trump funding freezes.
