Renewable Energy

A gleaming wave-formation solar facility installed a decade ago along Highway 412 in east Springdale is scheduled to be torn out. A solar expert with the non-profit Arkansas Renewable Energy Association provides context as to why.

On today's show, a utility-scale solar array installed a decade ago in Springdale is scheduled to be removed. Also, the play “Twenty50” follows a political campaign more than 20 years in the future. Plus, how the Springdale Public Library is staying relevant in 2024.

Boulder, Colorado-based Scout Clean Energy plans to install a 180 MW commercial wind energy facility in the populated mountains of eastern Carroll County. The facility will be the first like it in Arkansas. Scout officials recently traveled to the region to update Carroll County officials, afterward meeting with Ozarks at Large's Jacqueline Froelich —who's been tracking the project since it first came to light early last year.

On today's show, the state's first industrial wind facility could soon break ground in Carroll County. Plus, exploring animal minds. Also, the legacy of Arkansas educator Bessie Moore.

A proposed $300 million private industrial wind power plant named Nimbus, the first like it in Arkansas, is under development across 9,500 acres of mountain ridges in southeastern Carroll County. Colorado-based Scout Clean Energy plans to erect 46 giant turbines—among the tallest in the nation—on privately leased land to capture 180MW of high-altitude wind power to sell out of state. A majority of county officials welcome the new industry, but thousands of county residents do not.

On today's show, officials in Carroll County are in favor of a pending wind energy plant— But residents remain skeptical. Also, a trip through the Pryor Center archives for the Tontitown Grape Festival. Plus, we hear name suggestions for an automatic book sorter at the Bentonville Public Library.

Carroll County Quorum Court rejected a moratorium to temporarily block the construction of a proposed private industrial wind facility in eastern Carroll County called Nimbus. Ozarks at Large's Jacqueline Froelich spoke with Caroline Rogers, the co-founder of “Stop Wind Farms in Arkansas,” about why her group opposes the new facility.

On today's show, the origin of a new music collective in northwest Arkansas. Also, the confusing effort to establish a state song for Arkansas. Plus, two Mena natives who put Arkansas on the radio map.

On today's show, Jacqueline Froelich discusses updates on a renewable energy farm in Carroll County. Plus, Dazz and Brie tell listeners about who inspires their music. Also, a major expansion for northwest Arkansas’ largest cancer-care provider.

The "Nimbus" wind-power project, planned for construction across a large swath of private land in eastern Carroll County, if built, will be the largest in Arkansas. As Ozarks at Large reporter Jacqueline Froelich reveals, the Colorado-based developer Scout Clean Energy is pressing for public support to countervail growing anti-wind facility sentiment.