Oklahoma ranked 33rd in the sixth annual Clean Energy Jobs Report released this week, a report that also showed for the first time a drop in the number of overall jobs in the clean energy sector. The report showed Oklahoma had 22,765 workers employed in the sector as of 2020 with 3,199 in renewables; …
New Mexico’s State Land Commissioner says the office has more than doubled renewable energy development on state lands over the past two years. The New Mexico Political Report says 466 megawatts were added since Garcia Richard took office and soon the office will get to a goal of tripling renewable energy on state trust land. Click here for …
Texas lawmakers apparently have a fight on their hands over proposed new laws to make wind and solar farms pay for services to ensure the flow of power on the grid stays smooth and steady. Three big power companies, the biggest in the country wrote lawmakers charging that the proposed new laws would create …
Another central Arkansas solar operation was scheduled to begin this week with groundbreaking in the city of Cabot. Central Arkansas Water planned ceremonies to break ground on a 4.8 megawatt power station on a 30-acre piece of land in Cabot. Arkansas Business reported the 12,300-panel array will be the state’s first PSC-approved net-metering facility …
A man who moved to New Mexico and developed a solar-array manufacturing business is listed as a billionaire on Forbes’ annual list of the richest people in the world. The Las Cruces Sun reported Ron Corio, 59 is listed as No. 2,524 and is New Mexico’s first billionaire with a net worth of $1.1 …
England Mayor Butch House (center) talks with Delta Solar CEO Bob East (left) and Tyler Wilson, also of Delta Solar, after the ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday on the city’s new solar array. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe) Instead of entering into a power-purchase agreement to get electrical power from a solar operation, the city of England in northwest …
While President Biden proclaimed he could replace Keystone XL pipeline workers with renewable energy jobs, a new study shows those renewable industry jobs do not pay as well as those in the nuclear, electric power transmission, natural gas, coal and oil industries. The report might also throw even more water on White House Climate …
The University of Arkansas Hope – Texarkana will soon be launching the first solar education lab in the state of Arkansas. KTBS TV reports it’s part of a program to train accredited solar technicians. Click here for KTBS report.
Considered a national solar power finance firm, Loanpal has opened up shop in Arkansas hoping to take advantage of solar power growth and encourage more rooftop systems in the state. The company opened a planned 100-employee operation in Bentonville in March reported Arkansas Business. Click here for more from Arkansas Business.
The first solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations in Kansas are in operation in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe. Fox 4 news reported Olathe used grant funding from the Department of Energy to install six solar EV charging stations, the first of their kind in the state. Click here for Fox 4 news.
