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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.
DNV GL Names Kaiga And Costello To North American Energy Roles
DNV GL is welcoming two new account managers for its North American energy business. Elizabeth Kaiga will work with a range of accounts that...
German Offshore Developer EnBW Opens Jersey City Office
Entering the emerging offshore wind market in New Jersey and New York, EnBW North America has officially opened its first U.S. office in Jersey...
Enel Inks Midwest Utility PPA For White Cloud Wind Farm
Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA), the Italy-based Enel Group’s U.S.-based renewable company, has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for its...
Clir AI Software Detects Turbine Anomalies
Canadian software company Clir Renewables has released a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that can identify anomalies in wind component temperatures to detect failure...
Kawailoa Wind In Hawaii Installs NRG Bat Deterrent Systems
NRG Systems Inc. has announced the first commercial sale of its bat deterrent system, which has been purchased for Kawailoa Wind in Hawaii.
Located on...
LEEDCo Reaches Agreement With Siting Board Staff On Icebreaker Wind
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) has reached an agreement with the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) staff regarding the construction and operation...
Connecticut House Green-Lights Offshore Wind Legislation
The Connecticut House of Representatives has approved legislation that would authorize the significant procurement of offshore wind in the state.
The legislation, which was approved...
Iowa Governor To Lead Midwestern Governors Association With Focus On Transmission
The Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) has announced its 2019 leadership: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have been named chair and...
South Dakota PUC OKs Construction Of 310 MW Deuel Harvest
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has voted to approve a permit, with conditions, for the construction of the Deuel Harvest North Wind...
Colorado Town Commits To All-Renewable Electricity By 2035
On Tuesday, the town council of Frisco, Colo., unanimously voted to approve a resolution committing the community to shift away from fossil fuels and...
DNV GL Appoints Energy Storage Lead
Quality assurance and risk management company DNV GL has appointed Jason Goodhand its global business lead for energy storage.
With over 15 years of...
House Committee Boosts DOE Budget In Draft Funding Bill
The House Appropriations Committee has unveiled draft funding bills that seek higher clean energy-related budgets than requested by President Donald Trump.
For the...
U.S. Reps. Introduce Bill To Allow Transferability Of PTC, ITC
U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Darin LaHood, R-Ill., have introduced a bipartisan bill that would make renewable energy tax credits transferable.
During the past...
Nordex Inks First U.S. Order For N149/4.0-4.5 Model
The Nordex Group has received an order for 74 turbines from the N149/4.0-4.5 Delta4000 series, representing the first of their kind installed at a...
Anbaric Center To Serve Offshore Wind Industry At Former Coal Plant
In support of the emerging offshore wind industry, Anbaric and Commercial Development Company Inc. (CDC)'s Brayton Point LLC have announced an agreement to launch...
Wind, Solar And Hydro Comprised Nearly Three-Fifths Of New Capacity In Q1
In the first quarter of the year, solar, wind, and hydropower accounted for nearly three-fifths (59.6%) of new capacity added to the U.S. electricity...
Vestas Receives Hefty Order From PacifiCorp
Vestas has received a 459 MW order from PacifiCorp, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, for two wind projects in Wyoming.
The order is for...
Ameren Missouri Plans Another Wind Acquisition
Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corp., has entered into an agreement to acquire another Missouri wind farm.
The facility, developed by Tradewind Energy, an...
Massachusetts Funds Offshore Wind Workforce Training Initiatives
Massachusetts' Baker-Polito administration has announced $721,500 in grants to six academic institutions and labor organizations to establish workforce training and development programs to support...
EVgo Procures Wind And Solar For Vehicle Charging Network
EVgo has contracted for 100% renewable energy to power its customers’ vehicles, becoming the first electric vehicle (EV) charging network in the U.S. to...