Major $130 million energy project could transform Arkansas power grid — here’s how
In electrifying news for Arkansas residents, solar energy developer SMT Energy announced a groundbreaking $130 million battery energy storage project in northwest Arkansas with 250 megawatts of capacity, according to Talk Business & Politics. The company plans to start construction on the massive project in 2026 and expects it to come online the following year. […]
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New Orleans’ new climate plan revises city’s goals | Environment
Mayor LaToya Cantrell this week announced a new climate action plan for the city of New Orleans that pushes back a deadline to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by five years, calling for meeting that goal in 2035 rather than the previous goal of 2030. The document, unveiled by Cantrell Tuesday, says that by […]
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Republicans voted ‘no’ on the climate bill. Their states will get billions of dollars from it anyway | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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CNN — Republicans in Congress unanimously opposed Democrats’ $750 billion climate and health law, deriding it as a payout to “elite” and “liberal” states. But the states those Republicans represent will soon see a financial windfall in the form of billions of dollars to decarbonize the country, experts told CNN. Republican rhetoric decried the law […]
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Senate Candidate Jim Lamon Defends Billions in Federal Help Squandered by First Solar | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Despite billions of dollars in federal help throughout his career in the solar energy sector, U.S. Senate hopeful Jim Lamon insists government should “get the hell out of the way” of American businesses. Lamon is the former CEO and founder of DEPCOM Power Inc., a Scottsdale-based utility-scale solar company. In 2019, the Paradise Valley Republican […]
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Battle over solar energy in Wildwood pits homeowner against City Hall | #citycouncil
WILDWOOD — Tom Downey is taking on City Hall. It’s not really a fight he wants to have. But 10 months after filing a request to put solar panels on his roof to decrease energy costs, he feels like he doesn’t have a choice. The city government, led by Mayor Jim Bowlin, has delayed approval […]
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