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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.
Offshore Wind Market Value Varies Along East Coast, Says Federally Funded Study
A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds that the market value of offshore wind - considering energy, capacity and renewable energy certificates...
Public, Private Partners Roll Out New U.S. Wind Turbine Database
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in collaboration with public and private partners, has released what it calls the most comprehensive publicly available database of U.S....
New Wind Procurement Program Launches For Texas Customers
Mountain View, Calif.-based Intuit Inc. - makers of products such as TurboTax, QuickBooks, ProConnect and Mint - has announced a new program, Purely Green,...
Walmart Announces New Wind And Solar Deals On Path To 50% Renewables
Moving closer to its 2025 goal of being supplied globally with 50% renewable energy, Walmart plans to more than double the amount of renewable energy...
E.ON Celebrates Texas Wind Farm In Memory Of Colleague
Today, E.ON celebrated the grand opening of its Bruenning's Breeze Wind Farm, a 228 MW project located in Willacy County, Texas.
The wind farm represents E.ON's...
Iowa Regulators Green-Light Alliant Energy Wind Expansion
Alliant Energy's Iowa energy company has received approval from the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) to add 1 GW of new wind power in Iowa.
Alliant...
Boston IIoT Company Deploys Unique Solutions To Boost Wind Revenue, AEP
Boston-based WindESCo, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIot) company dedicated to substantially increasing revenue for wind farm operators, has inked its biggest deal yet,...
New Vertical-Axis Turbine Concept Suited For Offshore Wind
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Golden Ratio Turbine Concepts LLC (GRTC), a wind and hydro
rotary device developer, has built a prototype cyclonic vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT)...
Merck Signs Up For Invenergy Wind Power In Texas
Pharmaceutical company Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, is advancing its clean energy goals through a new wind agreement with Invenergy.
Invenergy...
AWEA’s Annual Wind Report: New Records, New Rising Star And Good Things To Come
After strong growth in 2017, wind power now supplies more than 30% of electricity in four states and more than 10% in 14 states, according...
New Louisiana Settlement Supports SWEPCO’s Wind Catcher
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a unit of American Electric Power (AEP), has announced a new settlement agreement in the Louisiana Public Service Commission's...
Siemens Gamesa Announces Order For MidAmerican’s Wind XI
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been selected by MidAmerican Energy Co. to supply turbines for an upcoming U.S. wind farm that will be...
PacifiCorp Moves Forward On Big Wind, Transmission Expansion
The Wyoming Public Service Commission (PSC) is allowing PacifiCorp to move further ahead on its significant wind and transmission expansion plan.
In a bench decision...
Wind Energy Foundation: It’s Time To Make A Change In Ohio
Ohio’s wind power projects are providing millions in annual revenue for the state’s rural communities, according to a new report from the Wind Energy...
UMass Dartmouth Launches Offshore Wind Economics Project
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Public Policy Center (PPC) has launched a new initiative that directly responds to a "clear need" to monitor the...
Deepwater Wind Wins NOIA Safety-In-Seas Award
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has presented the 2018 Safety-in-Seas (SIS) Safety Practice Award to Deepwater Wind in recognition of its safety practices...
Juhl Energy Founder/CEO Announces Retirement
Clean energy solutions provider Juhl Energy, formerly Juhl Wind Inc., has announced that its founder and CEO, Dan Juhl, is retiring from his position,...
Bay State Wind Plans $2 Million Grants For Marine-Life Protection
Massachusetts offshore wind developer Bay State Wind has announced plans to provide more than $2 million in grants for research and programs to protect...
Ithaca College Now Purchasing All Of Its Electricity From U.S. Wind
Ithaca College (IC), a private liberal arts college in Upstate New York, has switched to 100% wind energy as part of its goal of...
Global Clean Energy Investment Down, But Wind Investment Up In Q1
Global clean energy investment was $61.1 billion in the first quarter of 2018, which was down 10% year-on-year, but there were still pockets of...