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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.
Former ES Windpower Exec Indicted Over Alleged Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald has announced a federal indictment charging Kerry Dale Kisslinger, former owner and CEO of Minnesota-based ES Windpower Inc., with five counts...
Nevada Voters Say Yes To 50% Renewable Portfolio Standard
On Tuesday, Nevada voters approved Question 6, a measure to increase the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 50% by 2030.
Nevada currently requires 20%...
Pattern Selling Stake In K2 Ontario Wind Project
Pattern Energy Group Inc. has entered into an agreement to sell its minority interest in the K2 Wind project in Ontario to a consortium...
NextEra, DoD Get Extended Deadline For Wind Mitigation Plan
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has announced another deadline extension for NextEra and the Department of Defense (DoD) to reach a mitigation plan for a...
New Kansas Wind Farm To Provide 80% Of Washburn University’s Power
Washburn University, located in Topeka, Kan., has announced a 20-year wind power agreement with Westar Energy.
The university will purchase 4 MW of energy from...
Insurance Company Ullico Invests In 1.3 GW Of U.S. Wind, Solar
Ullico Inc., a labor-owned insurance and investment company based out of Washington, D.C., has agreed to invest in a portfolio of over 70 solar...
BNEF: Energy Storage Market To Attract $620 Billion By 2040
Editor's note: The dollar investment figure (from $1.2 trillion to $620 billion) was corrected by BNEF on Nov. 15 following their discovery of a totaling...
BLM Soliciting Public Input On NextEra’s Borderlands Wind
The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Socorro Field Office will hold a public meeting to accept written public comments, provide information and answer questions...
RES Tapped To Build First Phase Of Avangrid’s Montague Wind Farm
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has been selected by Avangrid Renewables to construct a 200.85 MW wind farm in Gilliam County, Ore.
RES’ construction role begins...
Virginia Regulators OK Dominion Offshore Wind Petition
Virginia's State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved a prudency petition from Dominion Energy Virginia to build a 12 MW wind project 27 miles offshore Virginia...
PJM Fuel Security Study Underscores Grid Reliability
As part of PJM Interconnection’s ongoing initiative to assess the resilience of the
electrical grid, the nation’s largest grid operator has released a summary of...
ALLETE Clean Energy Makes North Dakota Moves
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Minnesota-based energy company ALLETE Inc., has closed the sale of phase two of its Thunder Spirit...
Construction Kicks Off On 196 MW East Fork
ENGIE North America Inc. has announced the start of construction of the 196 MW East Fork Wind Project in Thomas County, Kan.
Located near the...
Indiana’s NIPSCO Plots Coal Phaseout, Transition To Renewables
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. LLC (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., has unveiled an initiative designed to transition customers to a more affordable...
Wind, Solar Help Slash CO2 Power Emissions 28% Since 2005
According to new findings from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. electric power sector carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) have declined 28% since 2005 because...
BOEM Announces Public Meetings For South Fork Offshore Project
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced three upcoming public meetings in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island...
U.S. Wind In Q3: Bigger Turbines And Non-Utility Deals Galore
With 612 MW installed in the third quarter of this year, U.S. wind farms now represent a total 90,550 MW of electricity generating capacity,...
A Closer Look At Bat Conservation In The Canadian Wind Industry
The following has been adapted from an executive summary of a resource published by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) to summarize bat conservation...
Movie Theater Company Cinemark Inks Texas Wind Agreement
American movie theater chain Cinemark USA Inc., a subsidiary of Cinemark Holdings Inc., has signed up to purchase power from the Trent Mesa wind...
Florida Wind OEM Doubling Rail Transport Through TP&L Expansion
Transportation Partners and Logistics LLC (TP&L) has begun a $4.1 million construction project in Pensacola, Fla., that will allow a major, undisclosed wind turbine...