Siloam Springs farm to house solar array

A farm near Siloam Springs will soon be home of one of the largest solar arrays of its kind, according to a release Tuesday from Seal Solar.

Dixie Acres Farm expects to recoup the cost of its investment in three years and anticipates an annual savings of $24,000 on energy costs.

“Fundamentally it’s a business decision,” Dan Schwieder, owner of Dixie Acres Farm, said in the release. “I don’t know if I’ve been through very many projects of this magnitude with this much simplicity. Now that speaks volumes to me.”

North Little Rock-based Seal Solar specializes in solar, battery storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, according to the company.

Seal Solar recently developed a similar largescale farm project at Bearskin Farm east of Little Rock. That project’s 4,500 solar panels are designed to produce about 3.6 million kilowatt hours annually at the farm in Lonoke and Pulaski counties.