Industrial operations have commenced at Entergy Arkansas’ 100 MW Walnut Bend Photo voltaic Power Middle, situated in Lee County, Ark.
The corporate acquired Walnut Bend from Invenergy, which led the event, engineering and building of the ability.
“Walnut Bend can be a priceless addition to our era fleet, which, in flip, enhances our various mixture of era sources which have been powering life in Arkansas for greater than 100 years,” says Laura Landreaux, Entergy Arkansas president and CEO.
“Our investments in these era assets are a key a part of preserving the charges our prospects pay beneath the regional and nationwide averages and allows us to offer dependable, reasonably priced and sustainable service to our prospects all through the state.”
The power makes use of bifacial photo voltaic panels and racking gear that tracks the solar. It’s the fourth photo voltaic useful resource Entergy Arkansas has positioned into service.