This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Arkansas, separated by fuel type. In 2021, Arkansas had a summer capacity of 14,832 megawatts, and a net generation of 61,100 gigawatt-hours. [2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 39.6% natural gas, 27.4% coal, 24.4% nuclear, 6% hydroelectric, 1.3% solar, 1.2% biomass, and 0.1% petroleum. [1]
Name | Location | Fuel |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eco Vista | Tontitown | Landfill gas | 4 | 5 | 33,504 [3] | 110,186 [4] | Waste Management | 2010 [5] |
Two Pine | Pulaski County | Landfill gas | 5 | 6 | 31,926 [6] | 51,073 [7] | Waste Management | 2008 [8] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Boiler type | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flint Creek | Gentry | 528 | 1 | 2.4 million [9] | 2.5 million [10] | Subcritical | American Electric Power | 1978 [11] |
Independence | Newark | 1700 | 2 | 5.7 million [12] | 6.3 million [13] | Entergy | 1983, 1984 [11] | |
John W. Turk Jr. | Fulton | 600 | 1 | 4 million [14] | 3.6 million [15] | Ultra-supercritical | American Electric Power | 2012 [16] |
Plum Point | Mississippi County | 665 | 1 | 3.9 million [17] | 4 million [18] | Subcritical | NAES Corporation | 2010 [19] |
White Bluff | Redfield | 1659 | 2 | 0 [20] | 7.7 million [21] | Entergy | 1980, 1981 [11] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
Water source | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DeGray | Clark County | 68 | 2 | 122,691 [44] | Caddo River | Southwestern Power Administration | 1972 [23] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elkins | Elkins | 60 | 2 [5] | 13,825 [45] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2010 [11] | |
Fulton | Fulton | 153 | 1 | 118,888 [46] | 67,642 [47] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2001 [11] |
Harry D. Mattison | Tontitown | 340 | 4 | 155,985 [48] | 104,744 [49] | American Electric Power | 2007 [50] |
Harry L. Oswald | Wrightsville | 548 | 9 | 368,940 [51] | 157,546 [52] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2003 [11] |
Hot Spring | Malvern | 620 | 3 | 2.9 million [53] | 1.2 million [54] | Entergy | 2012 [55] |
Lake Catherine | Malvern | 721 | 4 | 127,495 [56] | 184,861 [57] | Entergy | 1950, 1953, 1970 [28] |
Magnet Cove | Magnet Cove | 660 | 3 | 1.7 million [58] | 669,001 [59] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2006 [11] |
Union | El Dorado | 2,200 | 12 | 11.3 million [60] | 4.3 million [61] | Entergy | 2003 [62] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl E. Bailey | Augusta | 122 | 1 | 15,894 [63] | 13,912 [64] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 1966 [11] |
Dell | Dell | 679 | 3 | 3.2 million [65] | 1.4 million [66] | Associated Electric Cooperative | 2007 [67] |
John L. McClellan | Camden | 134 | 1 | 34,073 [68] | 25,388 [69] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 1971 [11] |
Jonesboro | Jonesboro | 224 | 4 | 27,266 [70] | 16,751 [71] | Jonesboro City Water & Light | 2003, 2007 [67] [72] |
Paragould | Paragould | 14 | 4 | 84 [73] | Paragould Light Water & Cable | 1990 [35] | |
Paragould Reciprocating | Paragould | 14 | 3 | 473 [74] | Paragould Light Water & Cable | 2001 [35] | |
Pine Bluff Energy Center | Pine Bluff | 236 | 2 | 1.2 million [75] | 685,030 [76] | Calpine Energy Services | 2001 [35] |
Thomas B. Fitzhugh | Ozark | 171 | 2 | 254,918 [77] | 129,404 [78] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 1963, 2003 [11] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
Reactor type | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arkansas Nuclear One | Russellville | 1824 | 2 | 14 million [79] | Pressurized water | Entergy | 1974 [35] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Piggott Municipal | Piggott | 7 | 4 | 9 [80] | City of Piggott | 1952 [35] |
Name | Location | Type |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
Acreage | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR Camden | East Camden | CdTe | 12 | 26,019 [81] | 100 | Silicon Ranch Corporation | 2016 [82] |
Van Buren | 0.5 | 1.5 | Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative | 2016 [83] | |||
Ozarks Natural Energy Community Solar | Springdale | c-Si | 1 | 1,533 [84] | 5 | Ozarks Electric Cooperative | 2016 [85] |
FECC Solar Benton | Benton | 1 | 1,457 [86] | 5 | First Electric Cooperative | 2017 [87] | |
Scenic Hill Solar III | Clarksville | 5 | 10,161 [88] | 42 | Scenic Hill Solar | 2017 [89] | |
Holly Springs | 1 | 5 | Ouachita Electric Cooperative | 2017 [90] | |||
Stuttgart Solar Energy Center | Arkansas County | 81 | 162,317 [91] | 475 | NextEra Energy Resources | 2017 [92] | |
Hamburg | 1 | 8 | Today's Power | 2018 [93] | |||
Brookland | 1 | 8 | Today's Power | 2018 [94] | |||
Forrest City | 1 | 8 | Woodruff Electric Cooperative | 2019 [95] | |||
Newport | 1 | 8 | Farmers Electric Cooperative | 2019 [96] | |||
Salem | 1 | 8 | North Arkansas Electric Cooperative | 2019 [97] | |||
Fayetteville | 10 | Today’s Power | 2019 [98] | ||||
Jefferson County | 0.176 | 2019 [99] | |||||
Star City | 1 | 8 | C & L Electric Cooperative | 2020 [100] | |||
Chicot Solar Project | Chicot County | 100 | 825 | NextEra Energy Resources | 2020 [101] | ||
C. Wayne Whitaker Solar | Texarkana | 1 | 7 | Today's Power | 2020 [102] |
Name | Location | Type |
Nameplate capacity ( MWh) |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fayetteville | Lithium-ion battery | 24 | Today’s Power | 2019 [98] |
Name | Location | Type |
Nameplate capacity |
Operator | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crossett Solar Energy Farm | Crossett | Solar PV | 100 MW | Renewable Energy Systems | Construction beginning 2021 [103] |
White County | Solar PV | 100 MW | NextEra Energy Resources | Expected operable 2021 [104] | |
White County | Lithium-ion battery | 30 MWh | NextEra Energy Resources | Expected operable 2021 [104] | |
Stuttgart | Solar PV | 3.15 MW | Expected operable 2020 [105] | ||
Hot Springs | Solar PV | 12.75 MW | Scenic Hill Solar | Expected operable 2020 [106] | |
Searcy | Solar PV | 1.2 MW | Entegrity Energy Partners | Expected operable 2020 [107] | |
Searcy | Solar PV | 4.5 MW | Entegrity Energy Partners | Expected operable 2020 [107] | |
Paris | Solar PV | 1.5 MW | Today’s Power | Expected operable 2020 [108] | |
Pulaski County | Solar PV | 8 MW | Today’s Power | Expected operable 2020 [109] | |
Jonesboro | Solar PV | 13.25 MW | Jonesboro City Water & Light | Expected operable 2022 [110] | |
ConwayCorp and Lightsource BP Solar Farm | Happy | Solar PV | 132 MW | Lightsource BP | Expected operable 2022 [111] |
Walnut Bend Solar | Brinkley | Solar PV | 100 MW | Entergy Arkansas | Expected operable 2022 [112] |
Solar PV | 180 MW | Expected operable 2023 [113] |
Name | Location | Type |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
Operator | Opened | Closed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cecil Lynch | North Little Rock | Natural gas/petroleum | 110 | 2 | Entergy | 1949, 1954 | 2013 [114] |
Fairbanks | Augusta | Petroleum | 3 | 5 | City of Augusta | 1929 | 2005 [115] |
Hamilton Moses | Forrest City | Natural gas/petroleum | 138 | 2 | Entergy | 1951 | 2013 [116] |
Harvey Couch | Stamps | Natural gas/petroleum | 110 | 2 | Entergy | 1943, 1954 | 2011, 2013 [117] |
Mammoth Spring Dam No. 1 | Fulton County | Hydroelectric | 3 [118] | Arkansas-Missouri Power Company | 1927 | 1972 [119] | |
Robert E. Ritchie | Helena | Natural gas/petroleum | 923 | 3 | Entergy | 1961 | 2013 [120] |
Mabelvale | Mabelvale | Natural gas | 56 | 4 | Entergy | 1970 [28] | 2016 [121] |
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Arkansas, separated by fuel type. In 2021, Arkansas had a summer capacity of 14,832 megawatts, and a net generation of 61,100 gigawatt-hours. [2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 39.6% natural gas, 27.4% coal, 24.4% nuclear, 6% hydroelectric, 1.3% solar, 1.2% biomass, and 0.1% petroleum. [1]
Name | Location | Fuel |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eco Vista | Tontitown | Landfill gas | 4 | 5 | 33,504 [3] | 110,186 [4] | Waste Management | 2010 [5] |
Two Pine | Pulaski County | Landfill gas | 5 | 6 | 31,926 [6] | 51,073 [7] | Waste Management | 2008 [8] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Boiler type | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flint Creek | Gentry | 528 | 1 | 2.4 million [9] | 2.5 million [10] | Subcritical | American Electric Power | 1978 [11] |
Independence | Newark | 1700 | 2 | 5.7 million [12] | 6.3 million [13] | Entergy | 1983, 1984 [11] | |
John W. Turk Jr. | Fulton | 600 | 1 | 4 million [14] | 3.6 million [15] | Ultra-supercritical | American Electric Power | 2012 [16] |
Plum Point | Mississippi County | 665 | 1 | 3.9 million [17] | 4 million [18] | Subcritical | NAES Corporation | 2010 [19] |
White Bluff | Redfield | 1659 | 2 | 0 [20] | 7.7 million [21] | Entergy | 1980, 1981 [11] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
Water source | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DeGray | Clark County | 68 | 2 | 122,691 [44] | Caddo River | Southwestern Power Administration | 1972 [23] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elkins | Elkins | 60 | 2 [5] | 13,825 [45] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2010 [11] | |
Fulton | Fulton | 153 | 1 | 118,888 [46] | 67,642 [47] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2001 [11] |
Harry D. Mattison | Tontitown | 340 | 4 | 155,985 [48] | 104,744 [49] | American Electric Power | 2007 [50] |
Harry L. Oswald | Wrightsville | 548 | 9 | 368,940 [51] | 157,546 [52] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2003 [11] |
Hot Spring | Malvern | 620 | 3 | 2.9 million [53] | 1.2 million [54] | Entergy | 2012 [55] |
Lake Catherine | Malvern | 721 | 4 | 127,495 [56] | 184,861 [57] | Entergy | 1950, 1953, 1970 [28] |
Magnet Cove | Magnet Cove | 660 | 3 | 1.7 million [58] | 669,001 [59] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 2006 [11] |
Union | El Dorado | 2,200 | 12 | 11.3 million [60] | 4.3 million [61] | Entergy | 2003 [62] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl E. Bailey | Augusta | 122 | 1 | 15,894 [63] | 13,912 [64] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 1966 [11] |
Dell | Dell | 679 | 3 | 3.2 million [65] | 1.4 million [66] | Associated Electric Cooperative | 2007 [67] |
John L. McClellan | Camden | 134 | 1 | 34,073 [68] | 25,388 [69] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 1971 [11] |
Jonesboro | Jonesboro | 224 | 4 | 27,266 [70] | 16,751 [71] | Jonesboro City Water & Light | 2003, 2007 [67] [72] |
Paragould | Paragould | 14 | 4 | 84 [73] | Paragould Light Water & Cable | 1990 [35] | |
Paragould Reciprocating | Paragould | 14 | 3 | 473 [74] | Paragould Light Water & Cable | 2001 [35] | |
Pine Bluff Energy Center | Pine Bluff | 236 | 2 | 1.2 million [75] | 685,030 [76] | Calpine Energy Services | 2001 [35] |
Thomas B. Fitzhugh | Ozark | 171 | 2 | 254,918 [77] | 129,404 [78] | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 1963, 2003 [11] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
Reactor type | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arkansas Nuclear One | Russellville | 1824 | 2 | 14 million [79] | Pressurized water | Entergy | 1974 [35] |
Name | Location |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
2019
GHG emissions (metric tons) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Piggott Municipal | Piggott | 7 | 4 | 9 [80] | City of Piggott | 1952 [35] |
Name | Location | Type |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
Acreage | Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SR Camden | East Camden | CdTe | 12 | 26,019 [81] | 100 | Silicon Ranch Corporation | 2016 [82] |
Van Buren | 0.5 | 1.5 | Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative | 2016 [83] | |||
Ozarks Natural Energy Community Solar | Springdale | c-Si | 1 | 1,533 [84] | 5 | Ozarks Electric Cooperative | 2016 [85] |
FECC Solar Benton | Benton | 1 | 1,457 [86] | 5 | First Electric Cooperative | 2017 [87] | |
Scenic Hill Solar III | Clarksville | 5 | 10,161 [88] | 42 | Scenic Hill Solar | 2017 [89] | |
Holly Springs | 1 | 5 | Ouachita Electric Cooperative | 2017 [90] | |||
Stuttgart Solar Energy Center | Arkansas County | 81 | 162,317 [91] | 475 | NextEra Energy Resources | 2017 [92] | |
Hamburg | 1 | 8 | Today's Power | 2018 [93] | |||
Brookland | 1 | 8 | Today's Power | 2018 [94] | |||
Forrest City | 1 | 8 | Woodruff Electric Cooperative | 2019 [95] | |||
Newport | 1 | 8 | Farmers Electric Cooperative | 2019 [96] | |||
Salem | 1 | 8 | North Arkansas Electric Cooperative | 2019 [97] | |||
Fayetteville | 10 | Today’s Power | 2019 [98] | ||||
Jefferson County | 0.176 | 2019 [99] | |||||
Star City | 1 | 8 | C & L Electric Cooperative | 2020 [100] | |||
Chicot Solar Project | Chicot County | 100 | 825 | NextEra Energy Resources | 2020 [101] | ||
C. Wayne Whitaker Solar | Texarkana | 1 | 7 | Today's Power | 2020 [102] |
Name | Location | Type |
Nameplate capacity ( MWh) |
2019
net generation ( MWh) |
Operator | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fayetteville | Lithium-ion battery | 24 | Today’s Power | 2019 [98] |
Name | Location | Type |
Nameplate capacity |
Operator | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crossett Solar Energy Farm | Crossett | Solar PV | 100 MW | Renewable Energy Systems | Construction beginning 2021 [103] |
White County | Solar PV | 100 MW | NextEra Energy Resources | Expected operable 2021 [104] | |
White County | Lithium-ion battery | 30 MWh | NextEra Energy Resources | Expected operable 2021 [104] | |
Stuttgart | Solar PV | 3.15 MW | Expected operable 2020 [105] | ||
Hot Springs | Solar PV | 12.75 MW | Scenic Hill Solar | Expected operable 2020 [106] | |
Searcy | Solar PV | 1.2 MW | Entegrity Energy Partners | Expected operable 2020 [107] | |
Searcy | Solar PV | 4.5 MW | Entegrity Energy Partners | Expected operable 2020 [107] | |
Paris | Solar PV | 1.5 MW | Today’s Power | Expected operable 2020 [108] | |
Pulaski County | Solar PV | 8 MW | Today’s Power | Expected operable 2020 [109] | |
Jonesboro | Solar PV | 13.25 MW | Jonesboro City Water & Light | Expected operable 2022 [110] | |
ConwayCorp and Lightsource BP Solar Farm | Happy | Solar PV | 132 MW | Lightsource BP | Expected operable 2022 [111] |
Walnut Bend Solar | Brinkley | Solar PV | 100 MW | Entergy Arkansas | Expected operable 2022 [112] |
Solar PV | 180 MW | Expected operable 2023 [113] |
Name | Location | Type |
Nameplate capacity ( MW) |
Generating units |
Operator | Opened | Closed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cecil Lynch | North Little Rock | Natural gas/petroleum | 110 | 2 | Entergy | 1949, 1954 | 2013 [114] |
Fairbanks | Augusta | Petroleum | 3 | 5 | City of Augusta | 1929 | 2005 [115] |
Hamilton Moses | Forrest City | Natural gas/petroleum | 138 | 2 | Entergy | 1951 | 2013 [116] |
Harvey Couch | Stamps | Natural gas/petroleum | 110 | 2 | Entergy | 1943, 1954 | 2011, 2013 [117] |
Mammoth Spring Dam No. 1 | Fulton County | Hydroelectric | 3 [118] | Arkansas-Missouri Power Company | 1927 | 1972 [119] | |
Robert E. Ritchie | Helena | Natural gas/petroleum | 923 | 3 | Entergy | 1961 | 2013 [120] |
Mabelvale | Mabelvale | Natural gas | 56 | 4 | Entergy | 1970 [28] | 2016 [121] |