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- Entergy Arkansas to build the state’s largest solar project.
- The project’s expected completion date is in late 2024.
Entergy Arkansas plans to build the state’s largest solar project to power steel manufacturing plants near Osceola in Mississippi County.
The Arkansas Public Service Commission greenlit the 250 MW Driver solar project, which will be built by Lightsource bp, one of the largest solar developers in the world.
Driver solar would be situated adjacent to the U. S. Steel’s Big River Steel facility with an expected completion date in late 2024.
All 250 MW of the Driver solar project will be generated using advanced, ultra-low carbon thin-film solar modules manufactured by First Solar at its manufacturing complex in Ohio.
The project is another step toward a cleaner future for Entergy Arkansas. Earlier in 2022, Entergy Arkansas issued a Request for Proposal for 1,000 MW of wind and solar resources.