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] |