The solar revolution has stalled out in some parts of the US, much to the delight of fossil energy stakeholders. However, anything can happen at any time, and it just has. The US power landscape is about to be shaken up to the tune of 4.5 gigawatts’ worth of new solar energy generation and storage projects over the next five years, and three of the most asleep-at-the-solar-wheel states in the nation stand stand to get jarred awake by the sudden influx of investments in clean power.
Another way to look at the solar energy picture, though, is the percentage it claims for total energy generation in each state. According to SEIA, California’s Q1 position on that score was 28.8%, while Texas only clocked 6.26%. That’s pretty unimpressive, but not nearly as low as Mississippi and Louisiana . Going by that low bar, Arkansas did reasonably well at 2.26%, but that’s still pretty dismal.
No word yet on how Entergy and Nextera plan to allocate the clean kilowatts, so for now let just take a closer look at the whole group.cited data from a solar energy potential analysis undertaken by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, based on hours of available sunlight.Arkansas has not established an official renewable energy goal but Entergy is already making its mark on the state.
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