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BLYTHEVILLE, AR — A new 175-megawatt (MW) solar facility is now online in Arkansas and will generate enough energy to power 30,000 Arkansas homes. Crooked Lake Solar Park is owned and operated by EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) and is their first operational solar park in the state. Beta Engineering engineered and constructed the 161/34.5kV substation that connects the solar facility to the electrical grid, leveraging its signature line of Factory-Built Substations, Agile by Beta®.
The recent energization of Crooked Lake Solar Park is a testament to how innovation, collaborative partnerships, and community-focused initiatives can help us achieve a clean energy future.
This high-impact solar park is built on land leased by local landowners and will save more than 222 million gallons of water each year. The project is also stimulating economic growth in the area by providing jobs, disbursing more than $100 million to local landowners, paying an estimated $12.4 million in taxes over the project’s life cycle, and investing millions of dollars back into the community over the next several decades.
The impact of this project spans further than Mississippi County, AR, though. Last October, Beta Engineering and EDPR NA earned international recognition from The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) in the 2023 Davey Awards program for their community relations and media efforts supporting the solar park.
You can watch the award-winning communication co-produced by Beta and EDPR NA in the video below.
This project showcases how we can work together to achieve a clean energy future, improve grid resilience, and grow communities. To date, Beta has interconnected more than 5,000 MW of renewable energy sources to the grid—enough power for more than 3.5 million homes—and remains committed to helping customers achieve their long-term goals of powering a more sustainable future.
Agile by Beta® is our signature line of customizable Factory-Built Substations. This innovative design-build approach fast-tracks construction by shifting it from the field to the factory, which can provide more schedule certainty and reduce safety risks in the field. Once the substation is constructed inside a weather-controlled environment, it is shipped in large, modular sections to the project site, where it is lifted and assembled in a matter of days.
See the process for yourself and get the peace of mind you need on your next project. Schedule a tour of the facility where our modular substations are built or, when available, witness a Factory-Built Substation install live.
Learn more about Agile by Beta®
Beta Engineering is a private, family-owned engineering, procurement, and construction company with headquarters in Pineville, LA, and an office in San Diego. Since 1975, Beta has been building high-voltage substation and transmission line projects for power delivery companies across the U.S. Contact our team of experts to leverage our nearly 50 years of problem-solving experience and achieve your long-term goals.
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June 4, 2024
Updated:
Originally Published:
BLYTHEVILLE, AR — A new 175-megawatt (MW) solar facility is now online in Arkansas and will generate enough energy to power 30,000 Arkansas homes. Crooked Lake Solar Park is owned and operated by EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) and is their first operational solar park in the state. Beta Engineering engineered and constructed the 161/34.5kV substation that connects the solar facility to the electrical grid, leveraging its signature line of Factory-Built Substations, Agile by Beta®.
The recent energization of Crooked Lake Solar Park is a testament to how innovation, collaborative partnerships, and community-focused initiatives can help us achieve a clean energy future.
This high-impact solar park is built on land leased by local landowners and will save more than 222 million gallons of water each year. The project is also stimulating economic growth in the area by providing jobs, disbursing more than $100 million to local landowners, paying an estimated $12.4 million in taxes over the project’s life cycle, and investing millions of dollars back into the community over the next several decades.
The impact of this project spans further than Mississippi County, AR, though. Last October, Beta Engineering and EDPR NA earned international recognition from The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) in the 2023 Davey Awards program for their community relations and media efforts supporting the solar park.
You can watch the award-winning communication co-produced by Beta and EDPR NA in the video below.
This project showcases how we can work together to achieve a clean energy future, improve grid resilience, and grow communities. To date, Beta has interconnected more than 5,000 MW of renewable energy sources to the grid—enough power for more than 3.5 million homes—and remains committed to helping customers achieve their long-term goals of powering a more sustainable future.
Agile by Beta® is our signature line of customizable Factory-Built Substations. This innovative design-build approach fast-tracks construction by shifting it from the field to the factory, which can provide more schedule certainty and reduce safety risks in the field. Once the substation is constructed inside a weather-controlled environment, it is shipped in large, modular sections to the project site, where it is lifted and assembled in a matter of days.
See the process for yourself and get the peace of mind you need on your next project. Schedule a tour of the facility where our modular substations are built or, when available, witness a Factory-Built Substation install live.
Learn more about Agile by Beta®
Beta Engineering is a private, family-owned engineering, procurement, and construction company with headquarters in Pineville, LA, and an office in San Diego. Since 1975, Beta has been building high-voltage substation and transmission line projects for power delivery companies across the U.S. Contact our team of experts to leverage our nearly 50 years of problem-solving experience and achieve your long-term goals.
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