Fayetteville, Arkansas Moves Toward 100% Renewable Energy, Saves $6 Million In Future Energy Costs

The Fayetteville City Council unanimously voted Tuesday (Nov. 20) to approve a trilateral agreement among the city, Ozarks Electric Cooperative and Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) for the development, construction and operation of Arkansas’s largest solar power system on municipal land.

City officials in a news release said it will be the only solar power system in Arkansas with onsite utility-scale storage.

Storage and Solar Finance: Programs for the Rising Behind-the-meter Markets in the US, EU

There’s a clear uptick in distributed energy resources, so where are these markets finding the financing to expand?

The global energy storage industry will expand rapidly in the next few years, as it moves to support solar and other infrastructure that is growing more and more complex.