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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.
Wind Turbine Goes Down In Snowy Rhode Island
Strong winds accompanying the snowstorm pummeling the Northeast took down a wind turbine in Narragansett, R.I., today.
According to a post on the Narragansett Emergency...
Corporate Purchasers vs. State Mandates: What Will Drive Renewables Demand?
New market entrants, including corporate purchasers, are now primary drivers of renewable energy demand in the U.S., says a new Moody's report.
Vattenfall Bringing BMW Battery Storage To Wind Farms
European energy company Vattenfall and the BMW Group have signed a contract for the delivery of up to 1,000 lithium-ion batteries for 2017. The...
Nordex Grabs Another Order For Cold-Climate Wind Turbines
ABO Wind, an international developer headquartered in Germany, has placed another order with Nordex for a wind project in Finland.
Following the customer's nine-turbine order...
Wind, Solar & Other Groups To Congress: Expand U.S. Electrical Infrastructure
A coalition of groups representing a broad spectrum of U.S. manufacturing, construction, energy and environmental workers is calling on Congress to streamline the expansion...
Citing ‘Difficult Environment,’ Senvion To Cut 780 Jobs
Germany-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has presented what it calls an “extensive program for the future,” an initiative that will lead to a reduction...
SANY, Star Energy Plan 1 GW Of North American Wind
Ralls Corp., an affiliate of China-based SANY Group Co. Ltd., has formed a partnership with Star Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Indiana-based Star Energy...
Gamesa-Siemens Merger Gets Green Light From European Commission
The European Commission has officially cleared the acquisition of Gamesa by Siemens. Considering a number of “credible competitors” would remain in both the onshore...
E.ON Shakes Up Executive Roles
E.ON has announced a couple executive changes within its businesses: Michael Lewis has been named CEO of E.ON U.K., Marc Hoffman will become CEO...
BOEM Announces Offshore Wind Action In The Northeast
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) says it has received unsolicited lease requests from two companies looking to...
Quebec Renewables Developer Boralex Names Chairman Of The Board
Quebec-based Boralex Inc., a developer, builder and operator of renewable energy facilities in Canada, France and the U.S., has named a new chairman of...
Certex Opens New U.K. Facility To Support Offshore And Onshore Wind
Certex U.K., a supplier to the global wind market, has expanded its renewables and lifting operations in the Humber, England, region by opening a...
Four-Year U.S. Wind Forecast Sees Quarter-Million Jobs, 35 GW Of New Wind
The expansion of American wind power is poised to drive 248,000 jobs and $85 billion dollars in economic activity over the next four years,...
Nordex Touts Good Year In Turkish Wind Market
With approximately 350 MW installed in 2016, German turbine manufacturer Nordex is touting a 25% market share for installed wind capacity in Turkey for...
Arkansas Lawmakers Put Up Fight Against Clean Line’s Plains & Eastern Project
Republican legislators in Arkansas are urging Rick Perry, the newly elected secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to “preserve states’ rights” and review...
Vaisala Scales Up Colorado Operations For Triton Wind Profiler
Finland-headquartered Vaisala has doubled the production capacity of its Boulder, Colo., operations center for the Triton wind profiler, which offers wind developers and operators...
Anbaric, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Create Clean Energy Partnership
Wakefield, Mass.-based Anbaric, a developer of clean energy transmission and microgrid projects, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan have created a new company called Anbaric...
Gamesa Ups Its Spanish Supplier Base
Marking year-on-year growth of 17%, Gamesa purchased EUR 936 million worth of goods and services from Spanish suppliers in 2016.
In addition, last year, Gamesa...
West Coast Utility Regulators Renew Vows For Carbon Reduction, Clean Energy
This week, utility regulators from the West Coast reaffirmed a commitment made in 2006 to support efforts to reduce carbon pollution and expand the...
Mortenson Building North America’s Biggest Single-Phase Wind Farm
Renewable energy contractor Mortenson has been selected to build what it says will be the largest single-phase wind farm ever built in North America.
The...