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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.
Lazard Study Confirms Wind, Solar Costs Falling Below Those Of Conventional Generation
Lazard Ltd., a financial advisory and asset management firm, has released its annual studies comparing the costs of energy from various generation technologies and of energy...
JDR, McAllister Towing Plan East Coast Offshore Wind Hub
Houston-based JDR Cable Systems has signed a memorandum of understanding with New York City-based McAllister Towing in support of U.S. offshore wind.
The MOU is...
National Offshore Wind Consortium Releases R&D Road Map
The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has released a road map focused on advancing U.S. offshore wind research and development (R&D).
The road...
PPL Electric Utilities, GE Power Form Distributed Energy Partnership
Pennsylvania-based PPL Electric Utilities and GE Power Digital have announced a joint initiative to develop and test software to manage and control electricity from...
Invenergy To Acquire Clean Line’s Grain Belt Express
Invenergy has announced plans to acquire all the development assets of Clean Line Energy Partners' Grain Belt Express transmission project.
According to Invenergy, new transmission infrastructure...
BP Installs Tesla Battery Storage At South Dakota Wind Farm
BP has installed a Tesla energy storage solution at its 25 MW Titan 1 Wind Energy site in South Dakota, representing a first for...
CPUC: California Utilities Topping Renewable Targets, Driving Down Contract Prices
A new report from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) finds that the state's utilities are continuing to be ahead of their renewable energy...
Vail Resorts Signs Long-Term Wind Deal With Lincoln Clean Energy
Vail Resorts Inc., a global operator of mountain resorts, has signed a long-term wind energy contract to purchase the equivalent amount of electricity needed to...
Former Massachusetts Coal Plant Transitioning To Offshore Wind Support Center
With the U.S.' emerging offshore wind industry in mind, the Brayton Point Power Station site in Somerset, Mass., will be rebranded as Brayton Point...
AEP Devotes $2.7 Billion To New Renewable Generation
Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP) is increasing capital investment in its regulated operations to provide more advanced, resilient and cleaner energy solutions for...
LafargeHolcim Goes With Distributed Wind At Ohio Cement Plant
LafargeHolcim, a global building materials and solutions company, has announced plans to build three wind turbines to help power its cement plant in Paulding,...
MidAmerican Installing Battery Storage Pilot Project
Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Co. has announced plans to install a utility-scale battery energy storage system, enabling the utility to store electricity for later...
Wind Represented On Commerce Dept.’s Newly Appointed Renewables Advisory Group
Thirty-nine new members have been appointed to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC).
Initially established in 2010 and most recently...
New York Officially Seeks 800 MW Of Offshore Wind
Newly re-elected Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has issued a comprehensive solicitation seeking 800 MW or more of new offshore wind projects for New...
LM Wind Power Inaugurates Tech Center Near New Orleans
LM Wind Power, a unit of GE Renewable Energy, has inaugurated its newly expanded Technology Center Americas facility outside of New Orleans.
The company will...
Scout Clean Energy Scores Key Approvals For Indiana Wind Farm
Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado-based renewable energy developer and portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, has completed all local permitting approvals for the 130...
Large-Scale Substation Projects To Support Wyoming Wind
PacifiCorp has selected a joint venture between Burns & McDonnell and Hitachi T&D Solutions - a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. - to build...
Another Wind Turbine Goes Up At Nestlé Waters Plant
Nestlé Waters North America has installed a third wind turbine at its water bottling facility in Cabazon, Calif.
Combined, the three on-site turbines have a rated...
Enel, Wells Fargo Sign Tax Equity Deal For HillTopper Wind Project
Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA), the U.S. renewable energy subsidiary of the Enel Group, has signed a tax equity agreement for the...
Ørsted Completes $510 Million Deepwater Wind Acquisition
Danish energy company Ørsted has officially completed its acquisition of U.S. offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind.
Providence, R.I.-based Deepwater Wind, owned principally by an entity...