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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.
CT Selects Bids For Offshore Wind, Solar And Nuclear
As part of a request for proposals (RFP) for zero-carbon electric generation, Connecticut has selected bids for nine solar, one offshore wind and two...
Four N.Y. Communities Team Up For ‘Cleaner Energy Future’
Four municipalities in Monroe County, N.Y., recently announced plans to collaborate on the joint procurement of energy on behalf of their respective communities. Notably,...
Changes For Pattern Energy’s Board Of Directors
Pattern Energy Group Inc. has announced several updates to its board of directors.
Mona Sutphen and Richard Goodman have been appointed independent directors, and...
Virginia Creates Offshore Wind Supply Chain Roadmap
Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., has released a new report providing a roadmap for Virginia's offshore wind supply chain.
The report analyzes the state's potential...
Vestas Announces Another Wind XI Order
Vestas has announced a 122 MW order from MidAmerican Energy Co., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, for the 2 GW Wind XI project...
sPower Opens Ohio Office To Engage With Public On Wind Proposal
sPower, an AES and AIMCo company, recently opened an office in Seneca County, Ohio, to serve as a resource for its proposed Seneca Wind...
Vestas Announces PTC-Qualifying Order
Vestas has received a 22 MW wind turbine order from an undisclosed U.S. customer.
According to Vestas, the 4 MW components qualify for 60%...
Enel Brings 620 MW Of New U.S. Wind Online
Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA) has announced the start of operations of the 320 MW Rattlesnake Creek wind farm in Nebraska and...
RPD Energy Arranges Wind Deals For LG Electronics USA
RPD Energy recently arranged the supply of wind energy and concurrent renewable energy certificates (RECs) for five LG Electronics USA facilities in Texas, Illinois...
Vestas Secures Significant Repowering Order
Vestas' recent 359 MW order to repower a portfolio of three Texas wind farms represents its largest repowering order to date.
As announced earlier...
Minnesota Regulators Approve Nobles 2 Wind PPA
Minnesota Power, a utility division of ALLETE Inc., has received unanimous approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for a 20-year power purchase...
Black Hills Proposes New Wind Farm, Renewable Program
Black Hills Corp. says its Black Hills Energy electric utility subsidiaries in South Dakota and Wyoming recently filed for approval of new voluntary renewable...
BP Sells Trio Of Texas Wind Projects
Ares Management Corp. has acquired three utility-scale wind projects in Texas from BP Wind Energy North America Inc.
A fund managed by Ares' infrastructure...
Vestas Wind Installation To Be U.S.’ Tallest
Vestas has received an order for 56 V136-3.45 MW turbines delivered in 3.6 MW power-optimized mode for an undisclosed wind project in the U.S....
Apex Selling Sugar Creek Wind To Ontario’s APUC
Virginia-based Apex Clean Energy has announced the sale of its Sugar Creek Wind project to a wholly owned subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities...
New Mexico Regulators Green-Light PNM’s Renewable Plans
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) has unanimously approved an order pertaining to plans by PNM, the wholly owned New Mexico utility subsidiary...
EPA Improves Process To Site Renewables At Formerly Hazardous Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced updates to a mapping tool under its RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative, designed to help communities, developers...
EDF And Shell Form New Jersey Offshore Wind Venture
Following New Jersey regulators' rejection of its Nautilus Offshore Wind proposal earlier this week, EDF Renewables North America has formed a new offshore wind...
Ørsted’s Revolution Wind Gets Thumbs-Up From CT Regulators
Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has approved a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted US Offshore Wind for its Revolution Wind development....
Wake Effect Study Underscores Need For ‘Thoughtful Deployment’ Of Wind
New research funded by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) highlights how upwind turbines can reduce flow to downwind neighbors....