Forrest City, AR breaks ground on solar plants to power all of the city's operations
Forrest City, AR Solar Plants City Operations
City officials and Scenic Hill Solar developed three solar plants powered by 7,000 panels. The plants replaced coal-powered electricity for Forrest City's buildings and daily operations. The 3.46-megawatt facilities create an estimated 5.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. Forrest City also moves toward carbon neutrality by eliminating 115,952 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Forrest City set to break ground on 3 solar energy plants | KATV
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Talk Business & Politics) — The city of Forrest City and Scenic Hill Solar will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the first of the three solar power plant sites in Forrest City on Monday (June 22) at 10:30 a. m. The public private partnership to build three solar power plants to provide electricity to the city was announced in December 2019. When completed, the three solar plants will total 3.
Forrest City to break ground on 3 new solar power plants
Once completed, the nearly $5 million system will power 100 percent of the city’s government and municipal operations, according to a Thursday news release.
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