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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.
LM Wind Power Garners Government Support For Quebec Expansion
LM Wind Power Canada, a designer and independent supplier of rotor blades for wind turbines, recently received financial support from the government of Quebec...
GE To Supply Australia’s Largest Turbines For Silverton Wind Farm
GE, in collaboration with AGL Energy and civil engineering construction company CATCON, has announced a contract to develop and build the $450 million Silverton...
Check, Check: Feds Move Chokecherry And Sierra Madre Closer To Fruition
Both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management have made decisions on Power Company of Wyoming's massive wind farm.
Carbon Trust Launches Tenders To Assess Floating Offshore Wind
The Carbon Trust has launched a series of tenders to assess the technology challenges associated with developing floating offshore wind projects.
The studies are part...
BOEM Holding Competitive Lease Sale For N.C. Offshore Wind
A federal wind auction is being held on March 16 for 122,405 acres offshore Kitty Hawk, N.C., the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)...
Broadwind Inks $28 Million Wind Tower Orders
Cicero, Ill.-based Broadwind Energy Inc. has announced $28 million in new wind tower orders from undisclosed customers.
The company will produce the towers at its...
M&A Action: Renewable Choice Energy Acquired By Schneider Electric
Renewable Choice Energy, a Boulder, Colo.-based provider of clean energy products and services, has been acquired by Schneider Electric, which specializes in energy management...
Boralex, Enercon Seal The Deal On Niagara Wind Farm
Quebec-based Boralex has closed its purchase of Enercon Canada’s interest in the 230 MW Niagara Wind Farm (NRWF), located in Ontario.
Boralex closed the deal...
Wind Services Provider Expands Partnership With Aerial Work Platform Company
Bronto Skylift, a manufacturer of truck-mounted aerial work platforms (AWPs), has named TGM Wind Services LLC, an AWP rental specialist for the wind industry,...
Bluestem Wind Comes Together In Beaver County, Okla.
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has announced the “substantial completion” of the 198 MW Bluestem Wind Project, located in Beaver County, Okla.
The project, comprising 60...
Federal Decision Moves TransWest Transmission Project Forward
TransWest says its 730-mile HVDC line would add 3 GW of transmission capacity to connect the Desert Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions and access more renewable energy resources, including wind power.
Solar Alliance Selling Its British Columbia Wind Assets
Solar Alliance Energy Inc. has signed a letter of intent with Concord Green Energy Inc. for the sale of certain British Columbia wind energy...
Pattern Proposes Senior Notes Offering To Help Fund Wind Farms
Pattern Energy Group Inc. is proposing to offer $350 million in senior notes to fund, in part, the Broadview and Armow wind projects, located...
Wind/Hydro Transmission Line Switches Hands In New England
National Grid, Anbaric and Citizens Energy - co-developers of the proposed Vermont Green Line (VGL) - have announced the conversion of National Grid’s and...
Allianz Makes Another Investment In ‘Attractive’ U.S. Wind Market
Munich, Germany-headquartered Allianz Capital Partners has invested tax equity in the Kelly Creek project, an Illinois wind farm developed and owned by EDF Renewable...
Xcel Green-Lighted For Renewable*Connect Initiative In Minnesota
Minnesota’s Public Utilities Commission has voted to approve a pilot program that will offer Minnesotans a flexible way to tap into wind and solar...
Siemens Wins Certification For New 8 MW Platform
Siemens’ new 8 MW offshore wind turbine, the SWT-8.0-154, has been awarded a prototype certificate from DNV GL.
According to DNV GL, the certification confirms...
Four Renewables Projects In Developing Countries Ink Funding
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have approved $44.5 million for four renewable energy projects -...
IRENA: Global Renewables Making Headway By ‘Nearly Every Measure’
Falling costs, driven by innovation in technology and policy, are spurring renewable energy deployment and bringing forward myriad socioeconomic benefits globally, according to a...
LM Wind Power Installs Blades On Goldwind’s New 3 MW Platform
LM Wind Power’s newly developed 66.9-meter blades for Goldwind's 3 MW wind turbine platform, the GW3S, have successfully been installed on the first prototype...