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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.
Innergex Secures PPA For Foard City Wind Project In Texas
Quebec-based Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. has signed a 12-year wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with an affiliate of Luminant, a Texas-based power company.
Luminant will...
U.S. Senators Propose Changes To PURPA
U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and James Risch, R-Idaho, have introduced legislation to modernize the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), which...
GE Power Names Leader Of Energy Storage
GE Power has tapped former AES and RES Americas executive Robert Morgan to lead its new energy storage unit.
One of Morgan's principal roles as...
Invenergy Reaches Financial Close On Michigan Wind Farm
Invenergy has completed construction financing for its 161.3 MW Pine River Wind Energy Center, located in Michigan's Gratiot and Isabella counties.
Rabobank, Nord/LB and SMBC...
Broadwind Energy Names Chief Operating Officer
Cicero, Ill.-based Broadwind Energy Inc. has announced Eric B. Blashford as its chief operating officer (COO), effective May 4.
Blashford, who first joined Broadwind in 2014,...
Report: States Taking Actions On Grid Modernization At ‘Astounding Rate’
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC), part of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, has released its Q1 2018 edition of...
AWEA: U.S. Wind Development Pipeline Up 40% In One Year
Strong demand for wind energy drove a busy first quarter for new U.S. wind announcements, according to the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) newly released U.S....
Work Beginning Soon On Community-Sponsored Texas Wind Project
With recent approval from the Public Utility Council of Texas, construction of the community-sponsored Hale Wind Project will begin this June, Dallas-based Tri Global Energy...
Vineyard Wind Takes Next Step In Permitting Process
Vineyard Wind says it has taken another significant step in its Massachusetts offshore wind farm development by submitting the project’s draft environmental impact report to...
MidAmerican Makes More Headway On Wind XI In Iowa
This summer, MidAmerican Energy Co. will kick off construction of two wind farms in Adair County, Iowa.
The Arbor Hill project includes 125 wind turbines,...
U.S. Climbs Back Up Renewable Energy Attractiveness Index
Overtaking India, the U.S. has climbed to second place in the latest renewable energy country attractiveness index (RECAI) issued by EY, a global provider...
NYSERDA Offering $5 Million For Offshore Wind Resource Assessment
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is making up to $5 million available to support meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) data...
Stanford: Water-Based Battery Has Potential For Cheap Wind, Solar Storage
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a water-based battery that has the potential to provide a cheap way to store wind or solar energy, the...
Minneapolis Commits To 100% Renewable Energy
On Friday, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030, the Sierra Club has...
Vineyard Wind Shareholders Win 1.35 GW Deals Overseas
The shareholders of New Bedford, Mass.-based Vineyard Wind have been awarded contracts in Germany and Taiwan for offshore wind farms with a combined capacity...
Duke Energy Grew Renewables Capacity 20 Percent In 2017
Duke Energy's renewable energy capacity grew by almost 20% in 2017, according to the company's newly released sustainability report.
One of the company's sustainability goals...
Xcel Energy Moves Forward On Texas, New Mexico Wind Expansion
New large wind energy facilities that are expected to return significant savings to Xcel Energy’s Texas and New Mexico customers over 30 years have...
Awards Recognize Women Working Toward Wind Power Careers
The Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) has selected six 2018 Rudd Mayer Memorial fellows and five 2018 Wind at Our Backs...
Ohio Power Siting Board Resumes Icebreaker Windpower Hearings
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) will hold a second local hearing to allow the public to express their views about Icebreaker Windpower Inc.’s...
Clean Energy Groups Denounce DTE Energy Gas Plant Approval
Clean energy groups are denouncing today's decision by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to approve Detroit-based DTE Energy’s nearly billion-dollar natural gas plant proposal...