Entergy Arkansas’ generation projects have been much in the news lately, but did you know that the utility put another big solar field online just this month?

“Flat Fork is operational as of last week,” company spokesman Matt Ramsey told Whispers on Sept. 8. He was referring to Flat Fork Solar, a 200-megawatt array on about 2,000 acres east of Brinkley and south of Wheatley.

Entergy gained Arkansas Public Service Commission approval for purchase power agreements for Flat Fork and another array nearing completion with renewable power developer NextEra Energy Resources of Juno Beach, Florida. The second array, which should be online by the end of the year, is Forgeview Solar near Blytheville.

Entergy also owns and operates these Arkansas solar farms: Searcy Solar, with 100 megawatts of capacity and 30 megawatt-hours of battery storage; 100-megawatt Walnut Bend Solar in Lee County; 180-megawatt West Memphis Solar in Crittenden County; and 250-megawatt Driver Solar, adjacent to U.S. Steel’s operations near Osceola.

It also has PPAs with NextEra for the 88-megawatt Stuttgart Solar field in Arkansas County and the 100-megawatt Chicot Solar project near Lake Village.