By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff
WILSON, Ark. – March 11, 2026 – A Boston-based private equity group that previously claimed to have invested over $4 billion in one of the largest solar and energy storage projects in the United States announced today that it is withdrawing from the decade-long project, located in northeast Arkansas.
Swift Current Energy announced it has sold its Steel River solar and storage project in Mississippi County to West Coast-based Cypress Creek Renewables for an undisclosed amount. First announced in 2020, the project will be developed and constructed in three phases, each consisting of approximately 815 megawatts (MW) of solar generation paired with 240 MW/960 megawatt-hours (MWh) of battery storage capacity…