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Betsy Lillian
Betsy Lillian serves as the editor of North American Windpower, as well as sister publications NGT News, Solar Industry and Unmanned Aerial Online. She has been with Zackin Publications since 2012.
PJM Capacity Auction Procures Half A Gigawatt Of Wind
During its annual capacity auction, regional transmission organization PJM Interconnection recently procured 165,109 MW of resources for the period of June 1, 2020, to...
Kansas Regulators Deny Petition For Reconsideration Of Westar, Great Plains Merger
The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has denied the petition for reconsideration filed jointly by Great Plains Energy Inc. and Westar Energy Inc. regarding the...
Trump’s Proposed Budget Shrinks EPA, DOE Funding
President Donald Trump has released his fiscal year 2018 budget proposal, which includes cuts to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Environmental Protection...
Goldwind Acquires Another Texas Wind Farm From RES
Chicago-based Goldwind Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd., (Goldwind), has signed an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems...
EDF RS Bringing 3M Wind Vortex Generators To U.S. Projects
EDF Renewable Services (EDF RS) and 3M have announced a new agreement to install 3M wind vortex generators on wind turbines across the U.S.
The...
GE Marks Milestones For Repowering Wind, Investing In Renewables
GE Energy Financial Services, a business unit of GE, has surpassed $15 billion in renewable energy investments across wind, solar and other renewable energy...
Redbed Plains Wind Farm Begins Construction In Oklahoma
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has begun construction on EDP Renewables North America’s (EDPR NA) 99.1 MW Redbed Plains Wind Farm in Oklahoma.
Located in Grady...
Enel’s Spanish Division Wins 540 MW In Wind Auction
Enel Green Power Espana (EGPE) was recently awarded 540 MW of wind power capacity in Spain during the country’s renewable energy auction.
The tender was...
GE’s LM Wind Power Opens Up 15th Blade Plant
LM Wind Power, a designer and manufacturer of blades for wind turbines, has opened up another blade factory, located in the Baodi District in...
AWEA Announces New Board Chair, Members And Advisors
Tristan Grimbert, president and CEO of EDF Renewable Energy, has been elected chair of the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) board. He succeeds Chris...
Wind Intelligence Firm MAKE Scooped Up By Verisk Analytics
MAKE, a research and advisory business for renewable energy, has been acquired by Verisk Analytics, a Jersey City, N.J.-based data analytics provider.
MAKE, which specializes...
United Wind Teams With Ag Consulting Firm For Distributed Wind Solutions
Distributed wind company United Wind Inc. has announced a partnership with an accounting and consulting firm for the food and agriculture industry. Under the partnership, United Wind will analyze and customize WindLease solutions for selected clients across the U.S.
Blattner Celebrates 5 GW Of Installed Renewables In 2016
Avon, Minn.-headquartered Blattner Energy Inc., a power generation contractor and provider of renewable energy construction in North America, installed approximately 5 GW of renewable...
DNV GL Creates On-Demand, Web-Based Forecasting For Wind, Solar
DNV GL has added to its suite of short-term wind and solar power forecasting services with the launch of Forecaster NOW, an on-demand Web...
Sierra Club Names Its First All-Female Board Executive Committee
For the first time in the Sierra Club’s 125-year history, the group has elected an all-female board executive committee.
The Sierra Club’s board of directors...
Offshore Wind Investor LEGO Shatters 100% Renewables Goal
Having supported the development of more than 160 MW of renewable energy since 2012, the LEGO Group has achieved its 100% renewable energy target...
New Goldwind Americas Exec Joins After Nine Years With Nordex
Goldwind Americas, the Chicago-based subsidiary of Chinese wind turbine company Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd., has appointed Reinhard Sander vice president of...
Suzlon Highlights ‘Another Profitable Year’
Suzlon Group has announced its audited quarterly (Q4 FY17) and annual (FY17) results, showing an all-time-high commissioning for the company: In FY17, Suzlon installed...
Illinois Microgrid Project Houses Wind, Solar And Natural Gas
Ameren Corp. has completed what the energy company is touting as one of the most technologically advanced utility-scale microgrids in North America.
The $5 million...
Vestas’ InteliLight System Arrives In U.S. Wind Market
Having demonstrated adherence to Federal Aviation Administration standards, Vestas’ InteliLight solution for wind turbines is now ready for U.S. deployment.
Combining aircraft detection and aviation...