[CPEO-BIF] Alma, Arkansas solar array

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Alma, Arkansas and Entegrity flip the switch on 520-kW solar array on brownfield site	

Solar Builder
FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Representatives of the City of Alma, Arkansas gathered with the community and Entegrity to commemorate powering on their new solar array with a “Flip the Switch” ceremony. The 520-kilowatt array was built on a brownfield site, making land that would otherwise be unusable a lucrative asset to the community. The array is the first of two that, once both are constructed, will create $50,000 in energy savings in the first year and a lifetime savings of over $2,000,000.

While city leaders had explored the prospect of solar energy for years, the project economics significantly improved after the Solar Access Act passed in 2019. Senator Bob Ballinger and Representative Bruce Coleman voted in favor of the Solar Access Act and made this array possible for the City of Alma.


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For the entire article, see
https://solarbuildermag.com/news/alma-arkansas-and-entegrity-flip-the-switch-on-520-kw-solar-array-on-brownfield-site/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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