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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.
The Wonderful Co. Targets 100% Renewable Electricity
The Wonderful Co., a Los Angeles-based corporation whose brands include Wonderful Pistachios and Wonderful Halos, plans to use 100% renewable electricity across its U.S....
Rope Partner Teams With Gladiators Cleaning For Wind O&M
Rope Partner, a rope-access O&M provider for the wind industry, has announced a new partnership with Gladiators Cleaning, an industrial cleaning company that offers...
New South Dakota Law Designed To Streamline Wind, Solar Permitting
Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., has OK'd a bill designed to streamline the permit procedures for solar and wind energy facilities and assist the state's...
Army Corps Green-Lights Construction Of LEEDCo’s Icebreaker Wind
Cleveland-based Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo), developer of the Icebreaker Wind offshore project, has received construction permit approval from the U.S. Army Corps...
New Mexico Enacts Bill For 100% Carbon-Free Power
On Friday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., signed into law the Energy Transition Act (ETA), which boosts New Mexico's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and...
Vestas Secures Order For Tamaulipas Wind Project
Vestas has received a 96 MW firm and unconditional order from ENGIE for the Eólica Tres Mesas IV project, located in Llera, Tamaulipas, Mexico....
Two Pennsylvania Townships Commit To 100% Renewable Energy
On March 6, the Schuylkill Township Board of Supervisors in Pennsylvania unanimously approved a resolution to transition the township to 100% renewable energy.
Days after...
Ohio Power Siting Board Reschedules Hearing For Republic Wind Farm
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has rescheduled the adjudicatory hearing regarding Republic Wind LLC’s application to construct a wind-powered electric generation facility in...
Avista Goes With Washington Wind Power
Following a request for proposals, Avista Corp. - an energy company serving Washington, Idaho and Oregon - has chosen to purchase power from the...
Missouri Regulators Approve Grain Belt Express Clean Line
The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has OK'd the Grain Belt Express Clean Line, a transmission project that would deliver wind energy from western...
E.ON Begins Work On South Texas Wind Farm
E.ON has begun construction on its Peyton Creek Wind Farm, a 151 MW project located in Matagorda County, Texas.
E.ON expects to commission the south...
Airstream Powers Ohio Base With 100% Renewable Energy Credits
Airstream Inc., a manufacturer of "silver bullet" travel trailers and touring coaches, has announced that its corporate office and manufacturing center in Jackson Center,...
Smithfield Foods Adding Wind Turbines To Colorado Hog Farms
Distributed wind developer United Wind has signed an agreement with Smithfield Foods Inc. to power dozens of Smithfield hog farms in Colorado with on-site...
Former R.I. Public Utilities Administrator Joins innogy Consulting
innogy Consulting, a global energy-focused management consulting firm, has announced the appointment of Macky McCleary, former administrator for Rhode Island’s Division of Public Utilities,...
Study Claims People Prefer Wind Turbines As Neighbors Over Other Energy Plants
A new University of Delaware (UD) study has examined the attitudes of people who live in close proximity to wind projects to see if...
Nevada Senator Proposes 50% Renewable Portfolio Standard
State Sen. Chris Brooks, D-Nev., has introduced legislation that would increase Nevada’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 50% by 2030.
The bill would ensure...
Turbine Catches Fire At NextEra Wind Farm In Nova Scotia
On Friday, a Vestas wind turbine caught fire at NextEra Energy Canada's Pubnico Point Wind Energy Center in Nova Scotia.
According to NextEra spokesperson Bryan...
EIA: U.S. Renewable Electricity Generation Has Doubled In 10 Years
Renewable generation provided a new record of 742 million MWh of electricity in 2018, which is nearly double the 382 million MWh produced in...
Anbaric Appoints Leader Of N.J. Offshore Wind Transmission
Transmission developer Anbaric has appointed Janice Fuller its president of the New Jersey OceanGrid. In her role, Fuller will lead the development of an...
Nordex Starts Production Of Delta4000 Series
The Nordex Group has begun producing turbines from its Delta4000 series.
The first N149/4.0-4.5 turbines are now leaving the production line in Rostock, Germany,...