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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.
EDPR Inks PPA With Electric Co-op For Colorado Wind Farm
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and EDP Renewables (EDPR) have announced a 104 MW, 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) that will enable the continued...
GE Researchers Work On Expanding Big Cities’ Access To Renewable Power
GE Research has been awarded $5.8 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) for a...
Introducing The New England Wind Power Council
Several New England business, community and labor leaders gathered today to announce the formation of a new energy advocacy group, the New England Wind...
Skyline Renewables Scoops Up More U.S. Wind Assets
Skyline Renewables has purchased a 117 MW U.S. wind portfolio from NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), a clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources.
The...
Sulzer & Schmid Rolls Out Drone Inspection Tool For Wind Turbines
Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company designing next-generation technology for the inspection of wind turbine rotor blades, has launched a new drone-based...
Wind, Solar Industries Support ‘Path To 100’ Proposal In Illinois
Illinois Rep. Will Davis, D-Hazel Crest, has announced the Path to 100 Act, legislation that would expand Illinois’ renewable portfolio standard (RPS), driving new...
Altius Minerals Announces Royalty Partnership For TGE Wind Farms
Altius Renewable Royalties Corp. (ARR), a recently formed subsidiary of Canada's Altius Minerals Corp., has entered into a transaction with Dallas-based Tri Global Energy...
Ørsted, Eversource Go 50/50 On Northeast Offshore Wind
Offshore wind developer Ørsted has teamed up with New England energy company and transmission builder Eversource. The companies have entered into a 50/50 partnership...
Markey, Ocasio-Cortez Propose Green New Deal Resolutions
U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., have introduced joint resolutions in the Senate and House, respectively, for a...
Offshore Wind Contract Filed With R.I. Regulators
A 400 MW contract for the Revolution Wind offshore facility has been filed with the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
The contract between...
Vineyard Wind Picks Up Key Massachusetts Certification
Matthew A. Beaton, Massachusetts' secretary of energy and environmental affairs (EEA), has certified the final environmental impact report (FEIR) for Vineyard Wind's 800 MW...
North Dakota PSC Green-Lights 298 MW NextEra Project
The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a siting permit for the Emmons-Logan Wind Energy Center and an associated transmission line.
The permit...
Federal Hearings On Vineyard Wind Return Feb. 11-15
Following a delay due to the government shutdown, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a new...
Indiana Utility NIPSCO Embraces Homegrown Wind Power
Indiana utility company Northern Indiana Public Service Co. LLC (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., has selected three new wind farms that will be...
Georgia Power Plans Coal Retirements, Renewable Additions
As part of its 2019 integrated resource plan (IRP), Georgia Power is proposing new renewable energy programs, including a request to approve the procurement...
New York Power Authority Inks Wind Deal With Invenergy
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 290 MW Invenergy project to be constructed in Steuben...
Canada Reaches Nearly 13 GW Of Installed Wind Capacity
Canada’s wind energy industry further expanded its installed capacity in 2018 by more than half a gigawatt, according to new year-end findings from the...
Indiana’s NIPSCO Purchasing Full Capacity Of 300 MW Apex Project
Apex Clean Energy has announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) for 300 MW of wind power.
The...
NV Energy RFP Considers Renewable Energy
Nevada utility NV Energy is seeking proposals to secure 400-600 MW of long-term firm capacity and energy resources for its customers beginning in 2020.
The...
New York To Collect Metocean, Environmental Data In Support Of Offshore Wind
The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced the execution of two multiyear contracts to study the meteorological and oceanographic...