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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.
New Skyline Platform Makes More Texas Wind Moves
Skyline Renewables is acquiring the 166 MW Hackberry Wind Farm in northwest Texas from Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas.
Located in Shackelford County and established in 2008, the...
GE Announces First Onshore Wind Farm In Kazakhstan
GE Renewable Energy is supplying 13 3.8-130 onshore wind turbines for global energy company Eni's Badamsha project in Kazakhstan.
With 48 MW of wind power, the project...
Business Network For Offshore Wind Launches ‘Offshore Wind Insider’ Podcast
The Business Network for Offshore Wind has launched a new podcast, Offshore Wind Insider, featuring interviews with the industry’s movers and shakers, profiles of network...
Deepwater Launches ‘Major Scientific Endeavor’ To Prep For More Offshore Wind
GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. has begun a multimillion-dollar offshore geotechnical engineering program for Deepwater Wind in Rhode Island Sound.
Working from a 200-foot lift boat mobilized...
Shell Taps E.ON For Texas Wind O&M
Brazos Wind Ventures LLC, a subsidiary of Shell Wind Energy, has signed an operations and maintenance contract with E.ON Energy Services LLC for the...
MHI Vestas’ 10 MW Giant Now Commercially Available
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has announced what it calls the wind industry's first commercially available double-digit turbine, the V164-10.0 MW.
The company, a 50/50 joint venture between...
ENGIE Makes Headway On 276 MW Kansas Wind Farm
ENGIE North America Inc. says construction has begun on its Solomon Forks Wind Project in northwest Kansas.
Located near the city of Colby in Thomas County, the...
Aggreko Launches ‘One-Stop Solution’ For Wind Projects
Scotland-based Aggreko has combined its mobile, modular power solutions into a one-stop option for the wind industry.
Global wind developers and operators can choose from...
GE Unveils New Cypress Onshore Wind Turbine
GE Renewable Energy has launched a new onshore wind turbine platform, dubbed Cypress, and the next model from the Cypress platform, the 5.3-158 turbine.
The...
Cleveland Commits To 100% Clean Energy By 2050
On Thursday, the City of Cleveland became the first municipality in Ohio to commit to powering itself with 100% clean and renewable electricity, the...
Indiana Energy Company Mulls Major Switch From Coal To Renewables
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. LLC (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., is eyeing the accelerated retirement of coal and a transition to renewable...
Con Ed Buying $1.54B Renewable Energy Portfolio From Sempra Energy
San Diego-based Sempra Energy has entered into an agreement to sell its U.S. non-utility operating solar assets, solar and battery storage development projects, and...
Large-Scale Blue Hill Wind Energy Project OK’d In Saskatchewan
A large-scale wind project proposed by Algonquin Power Co., a subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., has been approved by the Saskatchewan government.
Dustin Duncan,...
Wind On The Wires Is Now Clean Grid Alliance
St. Paul, Minn.-based Wind on the Wires, a regional authority for wind energy policy, transmission planning and renewable energy advocacy in the Upper Midwest,...
Xcel Energy Completes Colorado’s Biggest Wind Farm
Construction is now complete for Xcel Energy's 600 MW Rush Creek Wind Project in Colorado, comprising 300 turbines and a 345,000 kV, 80-mile transmission...
Renewables Developer sPower Announces $498.7M Bond Deal
Renewable energy independent power producer sPower recently closed a $498.7 million investment-grade, private-placement financing.
The financed portfolio represents approximately half of sPower’s 1.3 GW operating portfolio....
AEP Looks To Fatten Ohio Renewable Resources
American Electric Power (AEP) has filed an amended Long-Term Forecast Report with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) that demonstrates the need for...
New Report Makes The Case For Virginia Offshore Wind
A new report released by BVG Associates (BVGA) shows that Virginia’s key decision-makers can help position the commonwealth as a national leader in the...
Vestas Relocates Testing To Accommodate Future Offshore Wind
As part of its commitment to the U.K. wind market and presence on the Isle of Wight, located off the south coast of England,...
Avangrid, Vestas Announce Illinois Wind Deal
Avangrid Renewables has placed a 144 MW order with Vestas for the Otter Creek Wind Farm in Illinois.
Vestas will be supplying V136-3.45 MW turbines delivered in...