Solar project will generate enough energy to power 315,000 homes

“Cypress Creek Energy and Google have begun construction on an energy project in Arkansas that is set to become the largest solar project in the United States. When completed, the facility will provide 2.5 gigawatts of solar capacity and 2.9 gigawatt-hours of battery storage, enough to power 315,000 homes,” reports The Doomslayer.

Cypress Creek Energy and Google today joined community leaders, project partners, and elected officials to celebrate the start of construction on the first two phases of Steel River Energy Center, the nation’s largest solar energy project to date. The groundbreaking event marked a major milestone for a project that will help meet growing electricity demand while showcasing Arkansas’s role in strengthening America’s energy and manufacturing supply chains.

The project’s first two phases will deliver 1.6 GWdc of new solar generation and 1.9 GWh of new battery storage to the local grid, helping support economic growth and strengthen energy reliability across the region. Once fully complete, the three-phase project will provide 2.5 GWdc of solar and 2.9 GWh of battery storage to the local grid system by 2029. This is enough electricity to power more than 315,000 Arkansas homes each year.

Solar is finally producing more energy than coal in America.

Solar-powered cooling systems are preventing hunger in Africa.

Across the world, solar power installations rose by around two-thirds from 2024 to 2025.

In a backward, war-torn country known as the “Dead Heart of Africa,” solar panels are bringing electricity to remote, off-grid places, expanding access to education, healthcare, and critical supplies.

Record numbers of solar panels are being imported in Africa, especially Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria.

In the poorer country north of Nigeria — Niger –people are buying up cheap Chinese solar panels and using them to power their light bulbs and TVs.

“Privately owned solar panels are taking over from the dysfunctional state utility in Niger, offering relief from frequent power shortages,” reported The Doomslayer. Niger is one of the poorest nations on Earth. Its capital, Niamey, is one of the hottest major cities on Earth. With 3,080 hours of sunshine per year, Niger’s capital city gets about twice as much sunshine as European cities like London, Berlin, and Brussels. So solar power is much more practical in Niger than in northern Europe. Parts of Nigeria are also very sunny: Kano, the chief city in Nigeria’s north, gets about 3100 hours of sunshine per year.

A violent militia occupied the great desert city of Khartoum (the capital of Sudan) and stole most of its electric cables, making it impossible for residents and businesses to obtain electric power from the electric power company. So some residents bought imported Chinese solar panels and used them to power their electric lights and TVs.