$100M University of Arkansas system solar project frozen in legal limbo

April 28, 2025

The EPA froze $6.97 billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants to the Climate United Fund.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Trump administration’s distaste for clean energy has put the ax to the state’s largest commercial solar energy project ever: a planned $100 million system of arrays for the University of Arkansas System.

The project, announced nearly two years ago by the UA System and Scenic Hill Solar, the Little Rock renewable energy developer, drew fire from the administration in February.

That’s when the EPA froze $6.97 billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants to the Climate United Fund, Scenic Hill’s national partner in the UA project.

To read more on the solar project, our content partner Arkansas Business has the full article here.

 

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