Entergy, Lightsource bp win approval for 250-MW solar project in Arkansas

• The Arkansas Public Service Commission has actually okayed to the construction of a 250-MW solar park that will certainly be had by energy Entergy Arkansas and supply electrical power for US Steel's neighborhood operations.

The Driver Solar project was developed by Lightsource bp, the BP Plc (LON: BP) backed solar power company. It will be set up under a build-transfer contract between the developer as well as the subsidiary of Entergy Corp (NYSE: ETR), the latter claimed on Tuesday.

To be mounted near Osceola, in Arkansas' Mississippi County, the photovoltaic or pv (PV) farm is anticipated to create sufficient electrical power for over 40,000 residences, when in operation. It will certainly be furnished with First Solar modules and also tracking systems by Albuquerque-based Array Technologies.

The development and also allowing phases of the project have actually been completed and construction results from begin late in 2024. A portion of the plant's result will certainly most likely to power the production tasks people Steel's neighboring Big River Steel facility.

Energy Arkansas is providing power to over 728,000 clients from nuclear, coal, gas, solar and hydropower generation. Around 60% of its fuel mix comes from nuclear. The utility aims to step up renewables deployment as well as change a few of its aging gas and all coal-fired sources by 2030.