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electricity-generating Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery (transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its storag ...

power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many ...

s in the U.S. state of

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

, separated by fuel type. In 2021, Arkansas had a summer capacity of 14,832

megawatts The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James Wat ...

, and a net generation of 61,100 gigawatt-hours. The corresponding electrical energy generation mix in 2021 was 35.5% coal, 32% natural gas, 22.5% nuclear, 7.3% hydroelectric, 1.6% biomass, 1% solar, and 0.1% petroleum.

Biogas

Coal

Hydroelectric

Pumped storage Pumping may refer to: * The operation of a pump, for moving a liquid from one location to another **The use of a breast pump for extraction of milk * Pumping (audio), a creative misuse of dynamic range compression * Pumping (computer systems), th ...

Natural gas

Natural gas/petroleum

Nuclear

Petroleum

Solar photovoltaic

Storage

Proposed power stations

Retired power stations

References

External links

Arkansas at the U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Power Power most often refers to: * Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" ** Engine power, the power put out by an engine ** Electric power * Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events ** Abusive power Power may a ...