Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) is now operating its 122-megawatt Woodruff County Solar project at full capacity and commercial operation.
The solar array is located adjacent to the site of the former Carl Bailey Generation Station in Augusta. The energy produced will provide supplemental, weather-dependent generation.
In its first year of full capacity, the Woodruff County Solar facility is expected to generate 270,487 megawatt hours, enough to power 25,000 homes.
“AECC and our member cooperatives support all types of wholesale power generation resources,” said Vernon “Buddy” Hasten, president and CEO of AECC and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI). “As part of our long-range planning, the Woodruff County Solar project fits into our need for additional capacity. The intermittent energy produced by this facility will supplement our mission-critical, readily dispatchable baseload generation resources.”