WYNNE — RWE Clean Energy will be transporting about 3,500 solar panels damaged at its Quartz Solar facility south of Wynne starting next week.
The solar panels are being sent to SolarCycle in Georgia to be recycled.
John Lamontagne, communications director for Austin, Texas-based RWE, said the solar panels were damaged by a tornado that went through the Fitzgerald Crossing area more than a year ago in April 2025. He said the panels have since been replaced, with the damaged panels being sent away for recycling.
The company’s Quartz Solar project is a 135-megawatt facility, and its first in the state of Arkansas. It was completed in May of last year and is expected to provide about $12.5 million in property tax revenue during its operating lifetime.

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