Arkansas

Arkansas Solar Energy Storage System

In 2022, the Searcy Solar farm owned by Entergy Arkansas became operational, capable of storing 30 megawatts of power and marking the first in the state to have battery storag e, per the Energy Information Administration. . Entergy Arkansas recently announced it will power Google's planned $4 billion technology investment in Arkansas. Google's investment will focus on cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure, including the development of a new data center in West Memphis, Arkansas – the company's first. . Investor-owned utility (IOU) Entergy is seeking regulatory approval from the Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) to construct what could become the largest BESS in the southern US State. It will support a data centre from Google. The proposed Cypress Solar would be located in Jefferson County, west and south of Wright, Arkansas, and east of the Arkansas River. . US utility Entergy Arkansas has announced plans to build a 600MW solar-plus-storage project in the city of West Memphis to support the operations of a new data centre to be built by Google. The company plans to start construction on the massive. .