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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.
Ribbon Gets Cut On Ontario’s Armow Wind
A grand opening ceremony was held today for Ontario’s 180 MW Armow Wind power facility, expected to generate enough energy to power approximately 70,000...
SunEdison Announces Another Executive Shake-Up
As it continues moving through the Chapter 11 process, SunEdison Inc. has announced another leadership shake-up - this time on the bankrupt renewable energy...
Florida Energy Provider Seeks Additional 94 MW From Kingfisher Wind
Pensacola, Fla.-based Gulf Power is looking to bring to its energy mix an additional 94 MW of wind power from the Kingfisher Wind farm...
Washington, D.C., Moves Toward 50% Renewable Portfolio Standard
The District of Columbia City Council has voted to increase the city’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) from 20% by 2020 to 50% by 2032.
Specifically,...
American Council On Renewable Energy Elects New Board Members
The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) has named new members to its board of directors: Susan Nickey, managing director of Hannon Armstrong; Jim...
Vestas Notches German And Turkish Wind Turbine Orders
Vestas has inked two contracts in Germany and Turkey, respectively.
A consortium of Holcim (Deutschland) GmbH and mdp GmbH has placed an order for 16...
Only 1.2 GW For Offshore Wind? Not In MA’s Latest Energy Bill Proposal
In the most recent version of the state's energy bill, the Massachusetts Senate has laid out a full 2 GW commitment to offshore wind, as opposed to the House's 1.2 GW carve-out.
Vestas Wins New Orders In Vietnam And Greece
Vestas has received two orders for wind energy projects in Vietnam and Greece, respectively.
For its first-ever wind project, Vietnamese customer Tan Hoan Cau Joint...
Nordex To Repower German Wind Farm, Cut Number Of Turbines By Nearly Half
Nordex will be replacing 16 legacy N60/1300 wind turbines with nine modern N117/3000 ones at a PNE Wind AG project near Cuxhaven, Germany.
The work...
Good News For Property Values Near Colorado Wind Farm
In an update to the board of county commissioners, El Paso County, Colo., recently reported that property values in a wind farm area are...
Greenbacker Supplies Loan For 25 MW Montana Wind Farm
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC has provided a turbine supply loan to Greenfield Wind Manager LLC to support the construction of a 25 MW...
Municipal Corp. In India Adds Suzlon Wind Project
Suzlon Group has completed and commissioned a 4.2 MW wind project for Ahmedabad Municipal Corp. in Nakhatrana, Kutch, in Gujarat, India.
The project – the...
DONG Officially Signs On For 450 MW German Offshore Project
DONG Energy has decided to build German offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2, expected to be fully commissioned in the first half of 2019.
With...
CanWEA Announces Program Topics For This Year’s Alberta Show
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) has announced the program topics for its annual wind power show, to be held Nov. 1-3 at the...
Montana’s New Energy Plan Focuses On Wind Power Potential
Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Mont., has announced a new blueprint for Montana’s energy future. According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), which is praising...
Half Of Nestle’s U.K., Ireland Operations To Be Powered By Wind
When completed next year, Community Windpower’s Sanquhar Community Wind Farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, will power half of Nestle’s operations in the U.K....
R.I. Legislature Passes Bill To Boost Renewable Energy Target
The Rhode Island legislature has passed a bill to advance the state’s renewable energy target from 14.5% by 2019 to 40% by 2035 -...
The Navy Teams Up With Hawaii For Advancement Of Clean Energy
Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, and Dennis V. McGinn, assistant secretary of the Navy, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance clean energy...
Moventas ‘Extra Life’ Services Expand To Kilowatt-Class Wind Turbines
Moventas has launched a kilowatt-class suite of life-extending services for wind turbine gearboxes: the Extra Life for kW, available in Moventas workshops globally.
According to...
Siemens Lays Out Plan To Slash Offshore Wind LCOE
Siemens has presented a new strategy for lowering the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of its offshore wind projects to below EUR 0.08/kWh by...