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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.
Bold Clean Energy Bill Advances In New York
The New York state legislature has passed a landmark climate change bill, proposing 70% renewable electricity supply by 2030 and 100% zero-emissions electricity supply...
Vineyard Wind Cuts Ribbon On Boston Office
On Tuesday, Vineyard Wind LLC celebrated the opening of its permanent Boston office.
Vineyard Wind’s new, larger workplace is located in Boston’s historic Back Bay...
NJBPU To Evaluate Offshore Wind Bids June 21
This Friday, June 21, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) will hold a regularly scheduled meeting during which it will evaluate pending...
EDPR Cuts Ribbon On Meadow Lake VI In Indiana
EDP Renewables North America has announced the commissioning of the Meadow Lake VI Wind Farm in northwestern Indiana.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today...
BNEF Predicts 50% Wind- And Solar-Powered Grid By 2050
Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs could result in a grid powered nearly 50% by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources...
Clearway Teams With Siemens Gamesa On Big Batch Of Projects
In the past nine months, Clearway Energy Group has signed 1.4 GW of wind deals with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE).
SGRE is providing...
Seymour Hills Wind Farm Begins Commercial Operation
ENGIE North America Inc. has announced the commercial operation of its Seymour Hills Wind Farm, located in Baylor County, Texas.
With a total capacity...
ENGIE Orders Nordex Turbines For Texas Wind Farm
The Nordex Group has signed a contract with the North American subsidiary of French energy group ENGIE S.A. to supply and install 100 turbines...
ACORE: Investor Confidence In U.S. Renewables Remains High
One year into its campaign of reaching $1 trillion in U.S. private-sector investment in renewable energy and enabling grid technologies by 2030, the American...
NREL Selects Participants For 2019 Energy Execs Program
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 21 leaders to participate in its 2019 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy...
National Offshore Wind Consortium Seeks More R&D Proposals
The National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium has announced the availability of funding for additional offshore wind R&D topics.
Established last year by U.S. Department of...
ALLETE’s Diamond Spring Now Fully Contracted With Corporate Customers
ALLETE Clean Energy has announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Smithfield Foods Inc. for the remaining output of the Diamond Spring wind site...
Siemens Gamesa Launches Electric Thermal Energy Storage Pilot
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has begun the operation of an electric thermal energy storage system (ETES) in Hamburg-Altenwerder, Germany.
The technology makes it possible...
Report: The Biggest Priorities For Advancing U.S. Offshore Wind
A new report released by the Business Network for Offshore Wind argues that U.S. states on both coasts must do more than compete with...
Students Receive Acciona’s Latest Round Of Wind Scholarships
Acciona Energy USA Global LLC has announced $35,000 in scholarships to 11 college-bound students in Illinois, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas.
The scholarship...
Renewables Finally Beat Coal For U.S. Electrical Generating Capacity
For the first time, U.S. electrical generating capacity by renewable energy sources – biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind – has surpassed that of...
Bill Seeks To Expand Master Limited Partnerships To Renewable Energy
Lawmakers have reintroduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would give clean energy projects access to a tax advantage currently available for fossil fuel projects.
U.S....
Target Announces New Renewable Energy Commitment
Target has announced a commitment to source 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
The goal applies to all of Target’s domestic...
Offshore Wind Developer EnBW Opens Boston Office
EnBW North America has cut the ribbon on a new location in Boston, representing the company's second U.S. office.
EnBW North America’s parent company, EnBW...
Illinois Municipal Electric Agency Signs In-State Wind Deal
The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA) has entered into a 15-year agreement to purchase 50 MW of wind energy output annually from the Green...