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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.
sPower Secures Financing For Prevailing Wind Park
Renewable energy independent power producer sPower has closed on debt and tax equity financing for the Prevailing Wind Park in South Dakota.
Lenders for the...
New York Teams With Ireland, Denmark On Renewable Energy R&D
New York State is pursuing new partnerships with Ireland and Denmark by signing two separate memoranda of understanding that will lead to improved electric...
AWEA Names Vestas’ Brown, Xcel’s Mogensen As CLEANPOWER Conference Chairs
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has announced conference chairs for CLEANPOWER 2020 (CP 2020), taking place June 1-4, 2020, in Denver.
Chris Brown, president...
Greenbacker Acquires More Midwest Wind Assets From BlackRock
BlackRock Real Assets’ Global Renewable Power (GRP) platform has sold its controlling interest in two Iowa wind facilities to Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co.
The...
Amazon Pledges 100% Renewable Energy By 2030
As part of its commitment to the newly formed Climate Pledge, Amazon is targeting 80% renewable energy by 2024 and 100% renewable energy by...
Dominion Energy Proposes 2.6 GW Offshore Wind Project
Virginia-based utility Dominion Energy has proposed an offshore wind project totaling more than 2.6 GW.
If approved, the 220-turbine project would be located 27 miles...
Sprint And Duke Energy Sign Texas Wind Agreement
Duke Energy Renewables has secured a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) with U.S. telecommunications company Sprint.
The 173.3 MW PPA will enable Sprint...
DTE Energy Seeks Michigan Wind And Solar
DTE Energy is issuing requests for proposals (RFP) for additional solar and wind projects in Michigan.
DTE will use these resources to help achieve...
Ørsted Selects GE Offshore Turbines For Mid-Atlantic Cluster
Ørsted has selected GE Renewable Energy to supply Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbines for the offshore wind developer's proposed Mid-Atlantic cluster of projects.
The turbines...
Report: Renewable Resources Now Beat New Gas Plants On Price
The economics guiding U.S. investments in electricity generation have reached a historic tipping point: Combinations of solar, wind, storage, efficiency and demand response are...
Duke Energy Targets Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050
Duke Energy has announced an updated climate strategy that includes a new goal of net-zero carbon emissions from electric generation by mid-century.
The company...
Avangrid Selling Stakes In Pair Of Arizona Wind And Solar Projects
Avangrid Renewables LLC has reached an agreement with Axium Infrastructure to sell stakes in Arizona wind and solar facilities.
Avangrid plans to transfer 50% ownership...
Virginia Lays Out Carbon-Free Power Plan With Wind Carve-Outs
Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., has signed an executive order focused on bringing Virginia to carbon-free energy by 2050.
Executive Order No. 43 lays out Virginia’s...
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Expands Houston Team
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners – a global investment manager focused exclusively on lower-carbon and renewable energy infrastructure investment and operational asset management in the U.S.,...
Timken To Expand Reach In Wind Market With BEKA Acquisition
The Timken Co., an Ohio-based provider of engineered bearings and power transmission products, has reached an agreement to acquire BEKA Lubrication, a global supplier...
Tenaska Celebrates Construction Of Missouri Wind Farm
Landowners, elected officials and community leaders gathered last week in Nodaway County, Mo., to celebrate the construction of the Tenaska Clear Creek Energy Center,...
N.Y. Siting Board Green-Lights Baron Winds Project
The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment has granted approval to innogy's Baron Winds LLC to build and operate...
Ørsted Celebrates A Decade Of Horns Rev 2
Ørsted is celebrating the 10th birthday of the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm.
Located in the North Sea 60 kilometers from Denmark's Port of...
CPUC Proposes Actions To Address Grid Reliability, Low-Carbon Future
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has proposed new actions designed to address reliable electric service while ensuring that California continues to make progress...
RPI Researchers Work On Real-Time Analysis Of Grid Data
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is developing software to enable real-time analysis of power...