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.
The number of solar projects across the the U.S. is expected to increase by four times in the next several years, thanks to an extension of an industry subsidy late last year. Whether some of that will occur in Oklahoma remains to be seen, largely because electricity rates are comparatively low in the state …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe made the case for fuel diversity in addressing the nation’s climate change issues in the electricity sector. He did so during a hearing this week by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee where he once was chairman and now is a senior member. The hearing was entitled : …
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin admits he’s concerned the recently unveiled climate plan by Democrats in the House will turn the country’s energy independence into “energy dependence” and because of their power on capitol hill, it will also likely happen. He believes Democrats pushing the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s Future act …
Arkansas regulators have signed off on allowing Producers Rice Mill Inc. and Scenic Hill Solar of North Little rock to build the state’s largest commercial solar power and battery storage system. The operation will be located at the mill’s site in Stuttgart, a city located southeast of Little Rock. Arkansas Business reported the approval …
A New Mexico state agency has approved for the first time the use of state land for a solar power project to provide electricity for the city of Las Cruces. New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard approved the deal this week when she signed four leases with Las Cruces reported the Associated Press. …
