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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.
Flywheel Energy Storage System Addresses Wind Power Volatility
Germany-based STORNETIC has unveiled an energy storage solution designed specifically to balance output fluctuations of wind power plants over the long term.
According to the...
New U.K. Labels Allow Companies To Trace Origin Of Purchased Renewables
As part of a move to boost the renewables industry, London-based SmartestEnergy will be issuing 500 countries what it says are the U.K.’s first...
LEEDco Goes Local For Lake Erie Offshore Project Interconnection
Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDco), developer of the Project Icebreaker offshore wind project in Lake Erie, has selected Cleveland-based Middough Inc. to provide...
Pattern Energy Commits To 50% Stake In Ontario’s Armow Wind
Pattern Energy Group Inc. has committed to acquire a 90 MW interest in the 180 MW Armow Wind power facility, located in Ontario, from...
Wind Power Tax Spike Shut Down In Wyoming
A proposed $2 tax increase on wind power in Wyoming was reportedly shut down yesterday by the state’s joint revenue committee.
According to coverage from...
Suzlon Announces Diverse Round Of Wind Turbine Orders
Suzlon Group has secured wind turbine orders with a combined capacity of 111.3 MW. The orders are from corporate customers such as Serum Institute...
Slew Of Vestas Turbines Ordered For 2 GW Iowa Project
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order from MidAmerican Energy Co., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, for 214 MW of V110-2.0 MW...
Nordex Turns To Aviation Giant To Bring Drones To Wind
The Nordex Group has formed a partnership with Lufthansa Aerial Services (LAS) for unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-supported inspections of wind turbines.
According to Nordex, an...
EGP-NA Notches 1 GW Of Oklahoma Wind
By the end of this year, Enel Green Power North America (EGP-NA), part of Enel Green Power, will have installed 1 GW of wind...
Nordex Touts Domestic Success For August
With eight new orders for projects in August, German sales recorded a successful month in the Nordex Group's domestic market, according to the Germany-based...
DONG, SmartWind Radar Project Represents ‘Paradigm Shift’ In Measuring Wind
DONG Energy and SmartWind Technologies have installed an advanced radar system on the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm, situated off England’s east coast.
The companies,...
U.S. Government Commits To Large-Scale Senegalese Wind Farm
The Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), a development finance institution of the U.S. government, has signed a commitment with Lekela Power for the development,...
O&M Hub Officially In Place For 322 MW Nordsee One
A new operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm has been officially inaugurated in Norddeich, located in Germany’s Lower-Saxony.
Nordsee...
Xcel Energy Announces REC Program For Minnesota Government
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy is partnering with the state of Minnesota in an effort to ensure 33% of the State Capitol Complex’s energy comes from...
World Energy Council Explains ‘How To Get It Right’ With Renewables Integration
Renewables, including hydro, now account for over 30% of the total global installed power generation capacity and 23% of total global electricity production, according...
SunEdison Yieldcos Mull ‘Strategic Alternatives’
Both of bankrupt renewables company SunEdison’s yieldcos, TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global, are considering mergers or sales of their entire businesses. Although the yieldcos...
Grid Project With U.S., Canada Utilities To Advance Distributed Energy Integration
Toronto-based Opus One Solutions says it is leading a $16.4 million project aimed at driving the development of technology to improve the integration of...
Vestas To Power Indonesia’s First Large-Scale Renewables Project
Vestas has signed a conditional agreement to supply wind turbines for what will be Indonesia’s first large-scale renewable energy project, according to an announcement...
Deepwater Wind Setting Up Shop In Massachusetts
In an effort to spur its planned offshore wind project off the Massachusetts coast, Deepwater Wind is opening a new development office in downtown...
Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference To Focus On Changing Political Conditions
DNV GL and the Renewable Energy Hamburg Cluster are jointly organizing the Hamburg Offshore Wind conference, taking place April 5, 2017, at the Hotel...