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This is a list of Superfund sites in Arkansas designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Coal plants have been closing at a fast rate since 2010 (290 plants closed from 2010 to May 2019; this was 40% of the US's coal generating capacity) due to competition from other generating sources, primarily cheaper and cleaner natural gas (a result of the fracking boom), which has replaced so many coal plants that natural gas now accounts for ...
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 ]
Pages in category "Coal-fired power stations in Arkansas" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... John W. Turk Jr. Coal Plant; W. White Bluff ...
By December 2010 the U.S. ethanol production industry consisted of 204 plants operating in 29 states, [7] [9] and 9 plants under construction or expansion, adding 560 million gallons of new capacity and bringing total U.S. installed capacity to 14.6 billion U.S. gallons (55.25 billion liters). [9]
Mena, Arkansas: Surface purchased ADC Cummins Unit 3800 Grady, Arkansas: Ground ADC Tucker Unit 1500 Pine Bluff, Arkansas: Ground ADC East Arkansas Regional 1536 Marianna, Arkansas: Ground Airport Road Water Association 576 Lake Village, Arkansas: Ground purchased Alicia Water System 157 Batesville, Arkansas: Ground purchased Alma Waterworks 5745
Oil drilling began in south Arkansas in 1920 with the Hunter No. 1 well installed in Ouachita County. Commercial oil production began in 1921 with the S.T. Busey well in Union County near El Dorado. [33] Proven petroleum reserves in the state were estimated at 55 million barrels in 2012, revised up from 40 million barrels in 2011. [30]
Coal generated 16% of electricity in the United States in 2023, [1] an amount less than that from renewable energy or nuclear power, [2] [3] and about half of that generated by natural gas plants. Coal was 17% of generating capacity. [4] Between 2010 and May 2019, 290 coal power plants, representing 40% of the U.S. coal generating capacity, closed.